FLORENCE, SC (WMBF) - A new lawsuit has been filed against a now-shut-down behavioral health facility in Florence.

An unnamed boy, who was a resident of Palmetto Pee Dee Behavioral Health in 2014 when he was 15, has filed a lawsuit against them and their parent company, alleging repeated physical and sexual abuse.

The boy is being represented by Bakari Sellers, Mario Pacella, Amy Willbanks and Alexandra Benevento of Strom Law Firm.

According to the lawsuit, the boy entered the facility in January of 2014, and the abuse began immediately.

The boy reportedly told staff that he woke up to his assigned roommate licking his feet and masturbating, immediately reporting it to the staff, who did nothing, according to a news release on the lawsuit from Michael Wukela.

The lawsuit claims that f

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