Justice for Victims of Stephen

10/10/2022

Notice of Class Action, Proposed Class Settlement, and Hearing

03/04/2022

CASE UPDATE:

The following images are the court-approved Class Action Notice. For questions about the notice, please reach out to the Class Counsel, Grefe & Sidney, PLC:

Guy R. Cook
Laura N. Martino
Benjamin T. Erickson
Michael D. Currie
500 E. Court Avenue, Suite 200 Des Moines, Iowa 50309
Telephone: 515-245-4300
Fax: 515-245
Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]

01/24/2022

CASE UPDATE:

On September 23, 2021, the Honorable John A. Jarvey, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, entered an order allowing the case to proceed as a class action lawsuit. The class has been defined as:

All past or present Barnstormer Basketball, Inc. participants who:

1. were affiliated with a Barnstormer Basketball, Inc. team at any point in time between 2005 and April 5, 2018 while Greg Stephen was involved with the organization; and

2. fell victim to Greg Stephen’s illicit acts of secretly procuring n**e images and/or recordings of minors.

This is good news for those who were victimized by Greg Stephen, as it opens the door for victims to receive monetary compensation arising out of Stephen’s illegal actions. Trial is currently scheduled to commence on August 1, 2022 at the United States Courthouse in Davenport, Iowa. In the coming weeks, formal notices will be sent to any and all potential class members whose last known address can be readily identified through reasonable means with additional information about the class action and the prospect of receiving a monetary award. If you believe you fall within the aforementioned class, please contact class counsel Guy Cook and Ben Erickson to provide them with your last known mailing address, and to learn more about your legal rights and the prospect of recovering a monetary award.

Guy Cook
Ben Erickson
Grefe & Sidney PLC
500 E. Court Avenue, Suite 200
Des Moines, Iowa 50309
515-245-4300
[email protected]

01/06/2021

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A federal appeals court upheld a life prison sentence Monday for an influential Iowa youth basketball coach who used his position to s*xually exploit more than 400 boys over...

12/26/2019

07/11/2019

A class action lawsuit against a former Iowa youth basketball coach and the club he co-founded could result in damages exceeding $10 million, a lawyer for th...

05/13/2019

Des Moines attorney says he's looking into whether Adidas, an Iowa Barnstormers financial supporter, should also be included in a class action lawsuit

05/06/2019

Amateur basketball is on trial right now in New York for its alleged under-the-table payments to high school athletes and handlers. I guarantee you what happened here in Iowa was far worse.

05/03/2019

The defense team for Iowa basketball coach Greg Stephens sentenced Thursday to 180 years in prison is asking for the judge to reconsider the sentence.

05/03/2019

CEDAR RAPIDS - A mother said her teen son didn't remember former youth basketball coach Greg Stephen touching him during an overnight trip out of town until he read an article in class one day about r**e.

05/03/2019

A judge on Thursday sentenced a former elite youth basketball coach to 180 years in prison for s*xually exploiting hundreds of boys over a decade.