Can someone beside the perpetrator be sued for sexual abuse?
Yes. If the abuse involved sexual harassment in the workplace, the employer may automatically be held responsible if the abuse was perpetrated by a supervisor and will also be found responsible if the employee can establish that the employer knew or should have known that employees were at risk of harassment or abuse from the co-employee. A plaintiff, under certain circumstances, may also be able to bring an action against the employer of a perpetrator or someone who failed to take sufficient action to protect the public from a perpetrator. This can only be determined on a case by case basis.
