WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Katie Britt issued the following press release:
U.S. Senators Katie Britt (R-Ala.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) held a press conference on Terminating Restrictive Enforcement of Youth Settlements (TREY'S) Law (https://www.britt.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/treys_law.pdf). The bill voids non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) that silence survivors of child sexual abuse.
The bill is named in honor of Trey Carlock, a beloved citizen of Dallas, Texas, who was silenced by such an NDA, retraumatized by a civil litigation process against Kanakuk Ministries, and ultimately died by suicide at age 28.
The process was related to crimes committed by Pete Newman, a former director of a Kanakuk Ministries camp for ages 6 to ...