U.S. Department
of Justice
United States v. Peter McCarthy and Steps to Solutions, Inc. (D. Mass.)
On February 11, 2026, the court entered an amended judgement remitting the jury’s damage award to $1,592,983 in United States v. Peter McCarthy and Steps to Solutions, Inc. (D. Mass.). The United States’ complaint, which was filed on August 11, 2021, alleged that Peter McCarthy, who operates a group of residential sober homes in or near Boston, Massachusetts through his company, Steps to Solutions, Inc., engaged in a pattern or practice of sexually harassment of residents of his sober homes in violation of the Fair Housing Act. On May 17, 2024, after a five-day jury trial, the jury returned a jury verdict in favor of the United States, finding that from at least 2009 through 2021, the Defendant engaged in a pattern or practice of sexual harassment and denied rights protected by the Fair Housing Act to a group of persons. The jury awarded compensatory and punitive damages totaling $3,805,000 to seven aggrieved persons, and the Court entered judgment on the jury’s verdict on May 24, 2024.
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