Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard is suing the U.S. government, saying federal authorities should have been more closely monitoring Phillip Garrido, the man who abducted her. Garrido, a convicted rapist who was on parole when he kidnapped Dugard in 1991, held her captive for 18 years. Phillip Garrido was sentenced to 50 years in prison, for a rape of another young girl according to NYDaily. He was then granted early parole after serving 11 years in prison. Garrido and his wife, Nancy, kidnapped Dugard-then 11 years old-in 1991 as the girl walked to a school bus stop from her Tahoe, Calif. home. Dugard was afterwards imprisoned and sexually assaulted by Garrido, with whom she had two children. She was later rescued in 2009. Dugard's attorney, Dale Kinsella, said that "Dec. 1988 to March 1999 federal parole agents failed on numerous occasions to properly monitor" Garrido, reuter reports. "We believe that the years of abuse experienced by Ms. Dugard are a direct result of the U.S. Parole Commission's colossal blunders in the supervision of Mr. Garrido," told the news service.The lawsuit, which was filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, states that federal parole officers failed to investigate charges of sexual harassment against Garrido in 1989 by several women who worked with him at a nursing home.Also, the suit accuses federal parole officers of botching Garrido's two positive drug tests, which were recorded during the first 2-1/2 years of his parole, according to Reuters. The state of California, responsible for Garrido's supervision from 1999 to 2009, has already awarded Dugard and her children a $20 million settlement,NYDaily, ABC News and Reuters reported.
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