Rape Suit Accuses Couple of Negligence

A married couple was sued Wednesday by their baby sitter, who claimed two men who sexually attacked her were able to get inside the house because a key was left in the back door.

The Los Angeles Superior Court suit accuses Luther and Terri Henderson of negligence in the alleged April 24 attack upon the sitter inside the couple’s home on Norton Avenue.

The suit seeks unspecified general damages, medical expenses, lost earnings and punitive damages. The two attackers were listed as unnamed defendants.

The woman accused her employers of “habitually leaving the key in the door.” The victim claims that because Terri Henderson is a doctor, the couple should have known criminals “would try to enter (the) premises looking for drugs.”