Melvin Dunlap says he doesn’t know how he became a plaintiff in the nation’s largest sex abuse settlement. And yet he’s part of L.A. County’s $4-billion sex abuse settlement, identified in court filings as JOHN DOE M.D. Dunlap’s lawsuit was filed Oct. 15, 2024, by Downtown LA Law Group. The Times located 10 people represented by DTLA in the sex abuse settlement who, like Dunlap, had previously used the firm for a personal injury lawsuit. Dunlap said he does not recognize the signature on the document and never signed a retainer for a sex abuse case.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 25, 2026 14:32 UTC