No Due Diligence at the Women's Center?

No Due Diligence at the Women's Center?

COLUMBUS, Ohio (CN) - A homeless women's shelter in Ohio hired a man with a 15-year history of violent felonies and he tied up and raped a co-worker, the woman claims in court.

Jane Doe sued Southeast Inc., a nonprofit that runs a women's shelter in Columbus. Southeast and John Does 1-10 are the only defendants in the complaint in Franklin County Court.

Doe claims Southeast hire Rickey Dye and assigned him to work at Rebecca's Place, the shelter where Doe also worked.
He sexually harassed her, she complained and he was fired, Does says in the complaint.

"Soon after Doe complained that Dye had sexually harassed her and Dye was fired, Dye showed up at plaintiff's home one evening," the complaint states. "Brandishing a knife, Dye forced his way into plaintiff's home, tied her up and sexually assaulted her. Dye was subsequently convicted of rape, kidnapping, abduction, and aggravated robbery and of being a repeat offender. Southeast Inc. could and should have foreseen this conduct and could and should have prevented it from happening."

Southeast hired Dye in 2008, by which time he had "a long and well-documented history of violent criminal behavior. Indeed, Dye had spent much of his adult life behind bars due to crimes of violence," the complaint states.

http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/05/21/57819.htm