r/BSA_Survivors

Well it’s been real yall. Just signed my payment distribution from milestone. Did direct deposit again. So glad got everything. For those still waiting I know it’s easy to say it’s coming and keep your head up. It’s tough out here. It’s really coming. Make sure your lawyer knows your name. I was placed on an expedited list for making sure my lawyer knows me. Good luck to all survivors. Hope this helps all of us just a little bit

Where things stand: 59,410 claims determined, $593 million distributed, combined distributions at 4.7% of allowed claim values. Second distributions processing weekly for claimants who returned lien election forms.
The news most survivors are missing: The Texas insurer litigation is accelerating. Three insurers settled in April alone — Cincinnati Insurance, Amerisure, and SPARTA — the fastest settlement pace in the entire case. Liberty Mutual is signaling settlement. AIG entities just withdrew their jurisdictional defenses, the identical move Amerisure made two weeks before settling. Mediation under former Chief Judge Barbara Lynn is producing real results.
What this means for you: The court has validated $4.2 to $4.4 billion in insurance rights held by the trust. Every settlement adds to your distribution pool. At realistic recovery rates, total trust assets could reach $3.7 to $4.3 billion — producing a final payout of 50 to 60 cents on the dollar of your allowed claim value across all distributions.
The 15% figure is a snapshot, not a conclusion. It reflects early distributions from a trust that is far from finished.
Watch May 13. Judge Silverstein rules on the FCR reserve dispute — the decision that determines the size of your next distribution.
Stay patient. The math is moving in our direction.

How long does it take milestones to wire your 2nd disbursement into your bank account

Ok. After the lien check clears, how long does it take the settlement administrator archer to send your documents to sign and set up payment ? Money was released end of January, just heard last week lien check was ok. Waiting now on settlement papers, then payment .

Today my lawyer..well paralegal email said they had my second distribution since end of March last year it was 47days today is exactly the same amount of time it took for my initial payment an i got my pathway email on a Wednesday!!.. I'm praying i get my email today!..ASK LLP

For those that have received payment through Milestone. What day did you get your email for settlement sheet?

Yesterday I received my first disbursement. Which totalled both the 1.5 and the 3.2%. What I don't see is any CPI-U increases. Is this something that comes separately automatically, or do I need to write a letter to the trust stating it wasn't included?

Any with ASK get there second distribution i got the email to say trustee sent my second distribution to ask on 3-30-26 still nothing all i was told milestone will contact me..yeah i know....BUT WHEN!! 😡 🤬😡

This site has been down for days but found it up today with things hitting the fan

The predictions on when she can expect the 14 Billion owed to the Trust would be nice as well. (that is the last sentence of article)

Houser v. Allianz — Updated Through May 6, 2026 - Boy Scouts of America Victims

Well I've tried everywhere and everything and unfortunately cannot find any help so I am humbly asking my fellow surviors to see if anyone is possibly in the position to hopefully help out. I literally have till the end of the month or i lose my home for me and my family and my son is still very sick. If there's someone out there that can possibly help you have my word that when i get my next payment i will pay it back plus extra for the help. This kills me to ask and its very embarrassing but i just dont know what else to do. If there's anyone to help please comment or dm. Thank you in advance and I'm truly sorry for this post on here

I know this has been asked and answered probably a billion times, but people’s wording is so confusing, so I want to write it in a way that makes sense to me and hopefully get a response that makes sense to me.

I received part 1 of 2 of my second distribution payment. This part was 1.5% and apparently there is a second payment of another 1.5% (or whatever payment percentage it is. Either 1.5 or 1.7 percent). This was about a month or more ago, not including the primary initial 1.5% that was paid more than a year ago. My question is has anyone gotten word of the second part of the second 1.5% payment? The total after everything would be 4.7% if I can recall correctly.

My confusion from posts was from wording from others payments. When they second payment, are they meaning the second payment but the first distribution out of the two 1.5% payments or the part 2 distribution 1.5% payment we received from earlier this year?

Thank you for any help. This is so confusing, and I like to just hear other people’s perspectives other than just waiting for my firms communication constantly.

I sent this because it seems if your lawyer is from cali, you have some legs to stand on courtesy of the legal rules of the state. Hope it can be used by others to help yourself.

I am writing to you today with a profound sense of disappointment. Throughout this entire process, I have made every effort to be kind, patient, and professional with your staff. I have praised your firm’s work in the past, but the current situation has made me deeply regret that trust.

As a survivor in the Scouting Settlement Trust, I-and the rest of the BSA claimants-have endured enough. We do not deserve to be consistently revictimized by the very people who claim on their website to "treat clients with the respect and dignity they deserve." The ball has been dropped, and the gap between your firm’s public mission and my current experience is unacceptable.

The February 2026 Trust Update confirmed that the $1.65 billion escrow funds were released on February 11. I selected Option 3 (Certification Pathway) specifically to bypass the global lien search. Per the Trust guidelines: "If you select the third option... the Trust will not reserve funds from your distribution." Despite this, your firm is withholding my funds while waiting on LitPRO LLC. As I have informed you repeatedly, I never attended boot camp and have zero Tricare usage; LitPRO is chasing a ghost.

I am asserting the following under California Law:

California Rule of Professional Conduct 1.15(e): You are required to promptly distribute any portion of funds not in dispute. Even if you wrongly insist on a 1.7% holdback, the remaining 3% of this distribution is undisputed.

The 45-Day Presumption: It has been 90 days since the escrow funds were released. Holding undisputed funds past the 45-day mark creates a rebuttable presumption of misconduct in California.

Failure to Supervise (Rules 5.1 & 5.3): You are responsible for the conduct of your staff and your vendor, LitPRO. The inaccurate "scripts" provided by your paralegals contradict the Trust documents and are causing me active psychological harm.

I am done being told to wait for a process I legally opted out of. I demand a written distribution accounting and a wire confirmation for my undisputed funds within 48 hours. If this is not resolved, I will proceed with a formal grievance to the State Bar of California for violations of Rules 1.15 and 1.4. I will also be filing a consumer complaint with the North Carolina DOJ regarding LitPRO’s negligence. I would prefer to resolve this as the professional partners we started as, but I will not allow this firm to continue revictimizing me through administrative delay.

***It Worked*****

Has the judge ruled yet on the FCA yet?

We are writing to you today with an update on your claim against the Boy Scouts of America. This week, we received updated numbers from the Trust regarding how many claims are left to be determined. According to the Trust as of May 1, 2026, the Trust has 58,073 claims in the primary claim-review category and has determined 54,887 of them. That means approximately 3,186 claims remain to be determined.

So what does that mean? Well, it means that the Trustee still needs to get through the remaining claims to determine what the total amount of allowed claims is across the general trust claims. And, as you know from previous updates, this is a number that we need to know in advance of any further percentage distributions.

We also know that we have a hearing in June on the future claims dispute and how much money needs to be held back out of the general trust funds received to date. That number, combined with the total amount of allowed claims after the Trustee finishes reviewing the remaining claims, will determine the next distribution percentage.

I know that it is beyond frustrating to continue to wait in what has already been a very long process to get to this point. But the good news is, every day we are getting closer to knowing those numbers, and sometime this summer, we will have answers to those questions and know what the future holds in terms of additional percentages paid out on the existing money.

We also continue to see progress on the unsettled insurance policies. It has been reported that a few insurers have settled their policies. These are smaller carriers with limited exposure, but it is starting the trend in the right direction. I say that because these insurers have held out for six years now on paying out on their policies, and although the numbers likely are not large, they have finally capitulated and settled. This is one of the last remaining obstacles to finalizing your case: having all insurance policies settle and seeing those proceeds flow into the Trust.

Thank you for taking the time to read through this email. I wish you a very pleasant weekend and look forward to sending you another update next week.

My wife was still alive, today would have been our 29th wedding anniversary!!! Oh how time has flown by now that I'm sober and on my meds! But it feels like part of me is gone, she was my best friend and partner in everything!!! You really don't know what you have until it's gone, but I know what I had then and have now.. I'm still this broken man that you saw something in, what it is I'll never know... But I'm getting better every day!! I pray that you now see the man you once knew, trying not to forget about the things you did to help me change. I see things different than what I used to, and I hope that you'd be proud of the man I've become.... Nancy Story Chatham, I still love you and I will never forget you!!!! Your soulmate David James Chatham.....