FILE - David Meehan, center, the lead plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit accusing the state of New Hampshire of covering up decades of sexual, physical and emotional abuse at its youth detention center, poses with two other victims who did not want to be identified, Feb. 18, 2021, at his lawyer's office in Portsmouth, N.H. Lawyers defending New Hampshire’s state-run youth detention center against allegations of horrific abuse will be allowed to undermine the alleged victim’s credibility when the first of more than 1,000 lawsuits goes to trial in April 2024, even as a separate team of state lawyers rely on his account to prosecute former workers. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
Witness Wayne Eigabroadt, a former police officer who also worked in the Youth Detention Services Unit, collects himself as he gets questioned by attorney David Vicinanzo, at right, during David Meehan's trial at Rockingham Superior Court in Brentwood, N.H., Wednesday, April 10, 2024. (David Lane/Union Leader via AP, Pool)
David Meehan, center, walks out of the courtroom with his attorney Rus Rilee and victim specialist Joelle Wiggin during Meehan's trial at Rockingham Superior Court in Brentwood, N.H., on Wednesday, April 10, 2024. (David Lane/Union Leader via AP, Pool)
Witness Wayne Eigabroadt, a former police officer who also worked in the Youth Detention Services Unit, gets questioned by attorney David Vicinanzo during David Meehan's trial at Rockingham Superior Court in Brentwood, N.H., Wednesday, April 10, 2024. (David Lane/Union Leader via AP, Pool)