{"id":2962,"date":"2025-07-12T18:31:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T18:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kidsoverprofits.org\/staging\/?p=2962"},"modified":"2025-07-19T21:18:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T21:18:03","slug":"lawsuit-fuller-vs-hyde-school-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kidsoverprofits.org\/staging\/lawsuit-fuller-vs-hyde-school-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawsuit: Fuller vs. Hyde School 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Class-Action-Complaint-for-Child-Labor-Trafficking-and-Abuse\"><\/span><strong>Class Action Complaint for Child Labor Trafficking and Abuse<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Whos-Involved\"><\/span><strong>Who\u2019s Involved<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Plaintiff:<\/strong><br>Jessica Fuller, on behalf of herself and similarly situated former students<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Defendants:<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/kidsoverprofits.org\/staging\/hyde\/\">Hyde School<\/a>; Laura Gauld; Malcolm Gauld; Georgia Gauld MacMillan; Don MacMillan; Laurie Gauld Hurd<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lawyers:<\/strong><br>Plaintiff: John Steed (Island Justice Law), Kelly Guagenty &amp; Kimberly Dougherty (Justice Law Collaborative)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Judge:<\/strong><br>(Not yet assigned)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Case-Details\"><\/span><strong>Case Details<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Type of Case:<\/strong><br>Civil \u2013 Child labor trafficking, abuse, fraud, negligence<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Date Filed:<\/strong><br>July 11, 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jurisdiction:<\/strong><br>Federal (TVPRA) and Maine state law<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Status:<\/strong><br>Active \u2013 Seeking class certification and injunctive relief<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Court:<\/strong><br>U.S. District Court for the District of Maine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Case Number:<\/strong><br>2:25-cv-00354-NT<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Whats-the-Case-About\"><\/span><strong>What\u2019s the Case About?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Jessica Fuller, a former student, alleges that Hyde School operated as a cult-like system of forced labor and psychological abuse disguised as \u201ccharacter education.\u201d She claims students were emotionally and physically abused, denied medical care, and forced into unpaid labor to benefit school leadership.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Key-Claims\"><\/span><strong>Key Claims<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use of forced labor under threat and deprivation (TVPRA \u00a7\u00a71584, 1589, 1590)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Systematic emotional abuse, racial and sexual slurs, and public humiliation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Physical punishments including assault, excessive exercise, and starvation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Students forced to clean campus, staff homes, and remote wilderness properties<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hyde leadership personally profited from student exploitation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deceptive marketing to desperate families seeking help for their children<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Evidence-Filed\"><\/span><strong>Evidence Filed<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Firsthand account from Jessica Fuller<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Descriptions of Hyde\u2019s policies, including \u201cBrother\u2019s Keeper\u201d and \u201c2-4\u201d punishment systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Documentation of forced labor at Seguin Island and Eustis wilderness center<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Financial records showing executive salaries and nonprofit income<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Historical quotes and writings from founder Joseph Gauld promoting abuse<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why-It-Matters\"><\/span><strong>Why It Matters<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>This case could set national precedent for holding private residential programs accountable under federal trafficking laws. It also sheds light on decades of unregulated abuse in elite \u201ccharacter schools\u201d and the profits made by those in power.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Read-and-download-the-full-complaint\"><\/span>Read and download the full complaint:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Trigger Warnings: graphic accounts of physical abuse, sexual abuse (peer coercion with staff complicity), restraint and isolation, forced labor and starvation, racist and misogynistic slurs<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"filebird-document-library\">\n   <div class=\"njt-fbdl\">\n      <script type=\"application\/json\" id=\"fbdl-data\">\n{\"layout\":\"grid\",\"title\":\"Fuller vs. Hyde 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