Former NY Yankee, Pastor Mariano Rivera, Sued for Intimidating Child in Gainesville

On January 16, head pastors of the Refuge of Hope church in New Rochelle, New York (NY), Mariano and Clara Rivera were sued for negligent supervision and premises liability. Their former estate, Brook View Rye LLC, was also sued for premises liability.

The lawsuit states, “Ms. Rivera and her husband, Refuge of Hope employee/volunteer/agent Mariano Rivera, then traveled from New York to Florida to see Jane Doe at the Ignite Life Summer Internship. During that trip, the Riveras, in their capacity as agents for defendants, learned or should have learned information that Jane Doe was being sexually abused by MG. Rather than take sufficient action to end the sexual abuse of Jane Doe, the Riveras each separately isolated and intimidated Jane Doe to remain silent about her abuse by MG to avoid causing trouble for Refuge of Hope and the Ignite Life Summer Internship.”

The lawsuit reports Mariano and Clara Rivera “falsely promoted their activities and premises as being safe, moral, and otherwise free of a risk of harm when it knew or should have known otherwise.”