Kids For Cash Scandal Comes Full Circle in Luzerne County, PA; With David Thurston

    Slam the Gavel welcomes David Thurston to the podcast. David is a determined father and whistleblower from Luzerne County, Pennsylvania and a SURVIVOR of the KIDS FOR CASH SCANDAL.

    Now David has fought alone in Family Court since 2015 to protect his nonverbal, autistic daughter from abuze and systemic neglect, even after reporting SA by her mother's adult aunt in 2020. 

     Shockingly, the agency in charge, CYS refused to interview his daughter then closed the case as "unfounded." Soon after, the CYS director was arrested for endangering hundreds of children.

    The family returned to court only because the mother wasn't following prior custody orders David wanted stronger protections; instead, when Judge Terra Toohill took over the case in 2023, she - despite long judicial and political ties to adoption interests and agencies involved IGNORED clear perjury against David, fabricated custody factors, accused him of SA without evidence and ordered his daughter to undergo unnecessary exams. 

    Today, David pays between $50-80.00 per hour for supervised visits but has not had custody in over 500 days and this all the result of judicial decisions steeped in conflict and what appears to be calculated retaliation. In June of 2025, the federal government validated David's claims. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services found that Luzerne County, PA VIOLATED DISABILITY LAWS by failing to properly interview his daughter, forcing Pennsylvania to REFORM how the system handles vulnerable children.

     David Thurston's story demonstrates just how serious and systematically dangerous unchecked judicial power and institutional neglect can be and this writer is very honored to share his voice and his truth today.

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