Lawsuit alleges sexual abuse of teens at now-closed Michigan detention center

A lawsuit claims 14 teenagers in Michigan were sexually abused by staff while living at a state-licensed detention and rehabilitation center. The lawsuit accuses Wolverine Human Services of gross negligence. It describes staff preying on 13 boys and a girl in their rooms, in showers and elsewhere at Wolverine Secure Treatment Center. The center closed in 2021 after a series of state inspections. It was near Saginaw, 100 miles north of Detroit. There was no immediate comment on the lawsuit from Wolverine Human Services.