Yankees icon Mariano Rivera, wife Clara at center of bombshell child sexual assault lawsuit

Yankees icon Mariano Rivera, wife Clara at center of bombshell child sexual assault lawsuit

Yankees great and Baseball Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera and his wife, Clara, are facing a shocking lawsuit alleging the couple covered up the sexual abuse of a minor at their Rye, New York, home and at a summer camp connected with their church. The bombshell lawsuit, which was viewed by The Post, was filed last week in State Supreme Court in Westchester County and alleges the Riveras failed to act after learning that a young girl linked to their Refuge of Hope church in New Rochelle was sexually abused. “Our lawsuit alleges that Mariano and Clara Rivera had a duty to protect our client and missed the opportunity to save her from the harms of sexual abuse,” Adam Horowitz of Horowitz Law, one of the lawyers representing the victim, said in a statement provided to The Post. The Post’s request for comment to a representative of Rivera regarding the amended complaint went unanswered