At the center of the suit's allegations is former girls' unit supervisor Michael Flaniken, who allegedly groomed and sexually abused the three plaintiffs when they were 15 and 16 in 2017 through 2018, as colleagues condoned or covered up for his behavior.

Three women who were housed at a now-closed Detroit youth treatment center have filed a lawsuit, accusing a man who was a supervisor of sexually them when they were teenagers.

A new lawsuit alleges that children at the Detroit Behavioral Institute suffered sexual abuse for years. Those who reported the abuse were allegedly subjected to retaliation both at the hands of staff and patients.