![]() Unlike settlements in the cases against Dr. George Tyndall that resulted in payouts over $1 billion and an apology from the school’s president, no such disclosures or statements were made by USC in the Kelly case. The parties in the Kelly case issued a joint statement saying the terms were confidential. In addition to the secret terms of the agreement, the Kelly case is unusual from other recent settlements involving sexually abusive university doctors because most of the plaintiffs - 76 of 80 - are LGBTQ, attorney Mikayla Kellogg said. One plaintiff who was born a male is now a female. “There’s no population that’s immune from the reach of the damaging results of sexual misconduct,” Kellogg said. “Here we have this population that is both male and LGBTQ-plus … and that is really what makes it a unique story, but also a story that I think needs the attention.” The Kelly case may never have come to light if not for reports of the rampant sexual abuse by Tyndall and Dr.
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