Jury awards $18.5m to man abused by scoutmaster

A jury ordered the Boy Scouts of America to pay $18.5m to a man who was sexually abused by a former assistant Scoutmaster in what is believed to be the largest such award against the national organisation.

Lawyers for Kerry Lewis asked the jury to award at least $25m to punish the Boy Scouts for what the jury had already agreed in the first phase of the trial was reckless and outrageous conduct.