Overview

• Judge Brenda K. Sannes awarded Sarhadi $1,170,800 in compensatory damages and $750,000 in punitive damages.
• Justin Geever never answered the lawsuit despite multiple service attempts, leading to a default finding.
• Sarhadi’s attorney says Geever transferred assets abroad and may have fled the country to evade the judgment.
• The case was filed under New York’s Adult Survivors Act, which provided a one-year window to revive decades-old abuse claims.
• More than a dozen other women have since come forward with similar allegations of predatory conduct across the U.S. and Europe.