Boy Scouts of America Bankruptcy Trust and Reorganization Plan – Town Hall Update

This is a personal summary of the video of the Town Hall hosted by the Trust on November 1, 2023,  transcribed by a Pro Se claimant, and creditor in suit who also used to be a BSA Troop’s scribe.

Nothing presented on this page is Legal Advice, AND YOU SHOULD CONSULT YOUR COUNSEL FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR CONFIRMATION ON ANY DETAILS presented herein. !!!

ALL of the documents that are cited in the town hall can be found here:
https://www.scoutingsettlementtrust.com/s/news-and-key-links

It would be advisable from a technical perspective that you use the above link to search for each of these documents CITED BELOW, as it is a secure portal to access legal information provided by the Trust and
NOTHING ON THIS PAGE IS LEGAL ADVISE.

**If your family has printed off this page for you and you are incarcerated, please require your holding facility to allow you unlimited safe access to the law library at your (closest) facility AND REQUIRE THAT THEY PROVIDE SUFFICIENT MEDICAL CARE WITH MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT WITHOUT BEING LABELED AS A MENTAL HEALTH WARD OF THE STATE, mentally incompetent OR a THREAT TO GENERAL POPULATION and also not include you in protective custody that will house you with or next to, Registered Sex Offenders, which is common practice in Oklahoma.

SOMETIMES ASKING FOR MENTAL HEALTH HELP PUTS INMATES AT RISK FOR BEING HEAVILY MEDICATED. ATTORNEYS SHOULD ASK WHAT THEIR CLIENTS ARE BEING PRESCRIBED BY JAIL/PRISON STAFF DURING THE LAST 40 MONTHS.

Not all holding facilities have Law Libraries. Meaning that you, as a VICTIM OF A CRIME, WHO IS ALSO AN INMATE in the care of the state or federal government, ARE LIMITED IN YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO DUE PROCESS, AND have every right to be located in a facility with adequate access to court documents, AND MEDICAL TREATMENT in order to make an informed decision on this claim review process, despite having counsel. You have no way of knowing if your attorney is doing their duty to uphold your rights without access to the courts. 

U.S. Marshall’s are the agency to notify about this malicious prosecution and unlawful detainment if your holding facility does not meet your requirements to access the legal documents in this Bankruptcy.

THIS Claimant Questionnaire PROCESS TOOK ME 5 HOURS TO COMPLETE IN A SEMI-SAFE environment, my mental and physiological responses meant I had to take several breaks to focus on breathing. The Wim Hoff method is best to regulate breathing.

I ALSO BURNED MY CLOTHES AFTER filling out the form AND CUT MY HAIR.

The CLAIMANT QUESTIONNAIRE WAS THE most painful thing I have ever done in my life, and the answering of questions that I should have been asked 35 years ago was intense.

Considering I have been enlisted in the Army as an Infantry Soldier, shot at in non-combat situations, with a few rounds landing on my person, as well as ASSAULTED BY OFFICERS OF THE COURT in 4 Jurisdictions, lied to by exes, leading to having my children taken away from me by means of fraud, by the same court system that protects my abuser, and then goes on to treat me like a criminal; this claims questionnaire TRUMPS them all.

Reliving abuse in this questionnaire was designed to be traumatic so that you, the victim, did not release more than you have to, to get paid and or tell the appropriate authorities about your abuse.

Please be prepared a week or so prior to answering these questions. If you feel threatened by showing emotions after these questions in your housing, please seek medical help.

Also, Please have a certified counselor who is also a Mandatory Reporter assigned to your case for Mental Health evaluations, which will qualify for INTERPOL Criminal Information System filings.

In some cases you would be considered a protected witness, yet under this reporting schematic concocted by the insurance companies to avoid libel, the largest banking and insurance firms in the world would like for you to sign away your rights to sue them for their role in these atrocities committed against you with their knowledge.

If you push them to uphold their own laws, do not underestimate the amount of push back you will get from administration whilst incarcerated. Much like this claim process asks more questions from VICTIMS than they did of their volunteer abusers, and are now protecting them at your cost this Trust Payout process was designed by AI and a Risk Analysis software, prior to submitting documents in the Bankruptcy from a Texas company.  The World is a stage to some, and this is a theater in the eyes of the insurance companies who are dancing around Criminal Conspiracy Charges.

ASK YOUR CADRE (Floor officers) HOW MUCH THE INSURANCE COMPANIES OWN OF STOCK IN YOUR FACILITY AND GET IT IN WRITING.

Show where they kept you from legal documents and Due Process Service, which includes private access to non-opened (Correctly Marked) Legal Mail.

I-60’S ARE CHEAP, BUT THE RIGHT ONES CAN BE VERY EXPENSIVE**

THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE, NOR LEGAL ADVICE, SIMPLY ANNOTATING OWNERSHIP IN STOCKS.

The below funds currently (2020) invest in private prisons and bail companies through CoreCivic Inc., GEO Group Inc., Fairfax Financial Holdings, and RLI Corp.

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Agenda for Town hall meeting on November 1, 2023

• Call to Order
• Payment Updates

• Important deadlines & extensions

  • February 16, 2024 is the new deadline for making an election for an Independent Review Option, or the Matrix plan. – This is NOT LEGAL ADVISE and you should consult your legal counsel for any questions you may have about this information.
  • 10 claimants have elected to take the IRO and have paid the ransom amount of $10,000 to get that started.
  • Judge Regan is in charge of the IRO process and we will meet him in a future town hall.
  • 1,440 completed Trust claims questionnaires have been submitted and the process of First In First Out claims are in Que to be processed. Only Expedited claims have been payed out thus far starting in September of 2023.

• Overview of the “Matrix” Process – Confidentiality being the highest standard.

  • Some of the information that you submit might be shared with insurance parties, lien holders like health care insurance, and local counsels will have information provided to them in some cases.
  • vast majority of the claims will be through the “free” process which is the Matrix process.
  • allow-ability is a key determination
    • Timely submission
    • No prior resolutions
    • acts of abuse – what actually happened to you
    • Abuser Identification – by name or physical description or troop name
    • connection to scouting
    • date and age of the abuse or triangulating factors to identify the abuse
    • location of abuse
  • Once these factors have been verified then the claim is determined to either be allowable or not allowable.
  • Then comes the dollar amount assessed for your individual claim. Monetary value for settlements prescribed by the Re-Organization Plan.
  • 6 Tiers of abuse exists.
  • Aggravated factors increase the potential payout amounts
    • Was intimidation used, violence or coercion involved?
    • Were there any side effects from abuse, poor relationships, legal troubles.
    • Did your abuser also abuse other scouts, or individuals?
  • Mitigating factors that exist can subtract from your abuse claim value
    • Family Relationship to abuser
    • was there a non scouting relationship such as your doctor, or teacher or preacher?
    • is there another non protected party that would be responsible for your abuse?
    • has there been another lawsuit filed on your behalf against your abuser?
    • Timely claim filed?
  • Document Repository exists that can include more information about your abuser, and can help you finding documents about the abuser, and will be placed in your claims portal. Supporting Documents access is through the trust.
  • If you are Pro Se you can Contact Us
    There are multiple ways to contact the Trust if you have any questions or concerns. You can contact us by completing the form below, send an email to info@scoutingsettlementtrust.com, call us toll-free at 1-833-961-6495, or send mail to the following address: Scouting Settlement Trust – P.O. Box 50157, McLean, VA 22102.
    Have questions?

    We are here to help. Contact us by email, phone, or mail using the contact information above, or by filling out the form below.

    Ethics or Fraud Concern?

    If you suspect or know of potential fraud concerning an Abuse Claim or the Settlement Trust, you can report it by contacting us by email, phone, or mail using the contact information above, or by filling out the anonymous form below.
• Questions and Answers
  • How does the First In First Out work?
  • What happens if the deadline is missed on Nov, 2, 2023 for Expedited Pay option?
    • No ability to change the elected Expedited Distribution Pay Option currently according to the Trust, but the subject is before the Bankruptcy Court. Trust is objecting to the option to change out of the ETD.
  • Are both EDPO and IRO issues causing a delay for any other claims?
    • No
  • If claims are not paid in full, what will the payouts be?
    • 75,000 left after EDPO claimants are subtracted and are being determined to be allowable vs. non-allowable so that will set the rates.
    • Significant amount of cash has not been paid to the Trust due to appeal(s).
    • Certain assets are long term note receivables are paid out over many years so the aggregate value can not be determined at this time and the other assets are liquid assets, so the value is still in question. Judge does not know the percentage recovery that each claim will be worth.
    • First distributions will be small. A percentage of the allowed payout.
    • Financial Advisor has been hired to help determine the percentages.
  • How is it fair or legal to base compensation based on where the abuse happened to determine the payouts?
    • Judge states she is bound by state law where the abuse happened that may also apply in regards to statute of limitations.
  • What recourse is there for claimants whose attorneys do not meet their needs?
    • Judge says talk to their attorney.
  • How long will it take to resolve the claims process.
    • First weeks of the Matrix Trust Claims will start soon, and will be in small numbers.
    • Judge says she has only paid 500 EDPO claims and waiting on 4,700 claimants to respond with signed documentation on approved claims.
  • If my abuse happened in two states, does that require two separate claims?
    • No, the questionnaire allows for multiple states.
  • Will incarcerated claimants have a different timeline for the payout?
    • Or about their submissions for late questionnaires
  • Will we be updated on the numbers on where the claims are at?
    • Yes.
  • How do you know who is telling the truth and who is making stuff up?
    • Judge says it is a difficult question but her experience of 22 years as a judge, she believes she can look for cooperating evidence and if facts line up, the claim can be evaluated properly.
  • Where will IRO payout money come from?
    • The Insurance companies payments.
    • Excess Award Fund which is empty at the moment.
  • What is going on with the insurance companies lawsuit the Judge Filed in July?
    • She sued 91 Insurance companies in the Northern District of Texas because that is where the BSA is headquartered.
    • Insurance companies have submitted motions to dismiss and or delay proceedings, and Judge Houser will file on November 2, 2023 in response.
    • No insurance company has reached out to the Trust to settle any claims filed in Texas.
  • As a pro se claimant how long should I expect to wait on the Trust to provide my documents in the document repository as it relates to my case?
    • Randi said that within the week we should get those documents in our portals.
  • Is there a deadline for Matrix Claims submission?
    • 120 days notice before any deadlines. No deadlines exist for the claims yet.
    • First In First Out basis
• Adjourn