The legislation takes its name from Trey Carlock, a Texas man who was a survivor of child sex abuse at Kanakuk Camp, a Christian camp in Missouri. Carlock was prevented from taking legal action against the camp after signing an NDA.
Carlock later died by suicide.
Clemishire has been a vocal supporter of Trey’s Law. Last year, she testified before legislators in Missouri, expressing gratitude that she had never signed any NDA offered by Morris.
“Because I refused to sign that document giving up the right to freely speak about events in my life,” Clemishire said, “almost 43 years after my abuse began, Robert Morris was indicted.”
The Cindy Clemishire Act stipulates that “any settlement agreement that conceals the details relating to a claim of child sexual abuse or child sexual exploitation is void and unenforceable.”
In addition to policies modeled after Trey’s Law, the legislation stipulates measures to protect the privacy of child sex abuse survivors and broadens the scope of mandatory reporting requirements.
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The legislation will now move to the Oklahoma Senate for consideration.
