Acadia Healthcare: Three Lawsuits by 32 Plaintiffs against Lakeland Behavioral Allege Sexual Abuses

May 22, 2025

A mental wellness treatment center based in downtown Springfield is facing at least three civil lawsuits in progress.

All three suits allege the plaintiffs faced child sexual abuse linked to employees of Lakeland Behavioral Health System.

The suits were filed in Greene County courts since November and include 32 plaintiffs in total. All say they were underage when treated by Lakeland.

On Friday a lawyer representing three of the plaintiffs, Elizabeth McNulty, shared a written statement with Ozarks Public Radio through a representative of her law firm, Simon Law, of St. Louis.

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