The plaintiffs in Greene v. Sonoma County allege that a California county violated the civil rights of two elderly gay partners, Clay Greene and Harold Scull, when it placed Greene in a nursing home, Scull in a hospital, prevented Greene from seeing Scull, and auctioned almost $500K worth of personal property from the home that the two men had shared. Scull died in the hospital a few months later.
According to Sonoma County, however, hospital employees saw bruises on Scull's arms and face, and suspected elder abuse. The County claims that it was protecting Scull from Greene's physical abuse, and that Scull did not wish to return to the two men's shared home.
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