A family is pursuing a civil lawsuit against Ceraland Park and Campground and the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department and its reserves program, alleging the entities should pay damages for the conduct of a former reserve deputy accused of molesting a child at the park last year.
The civil lawsuit was filed in Bartholomew Superior Court 2 by the parents of a 12-year-old boy that investigators say was molested by Larry L. Scott, 73, of 3281 N. County Road 625E, Hope, in the summer of 2018, according to court records. Scott is also a defendant in the civil lawsuit, according to court records.
Ceraland is a 345-acre recreation and camping facility consisting of a 308-site campground and a sports complex located at 3989 S. County Road 525E, near Columbus.
In the lawsuit, the plaintiffs maintain that some of Scott’s alleged acts were done within the course and scope of his employment for Ceraland, which plaintiff’s attorney Gregory Laker of Indianapolis claims makes the park “vicariously liable for all acts committed.”
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