National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee and former New York Yankee Mariano Rivera acknowledges the crowd as he stands with his wife Clara next to his Hall of Fame plaque during a ceremony in his honour at Yankee Stadium on August 17, 2019 in New York City.

New York Yankees legend Mariano Rivera and his wife are accused in a lawsuit of failing to protect a young girl who was sexually abused by an older child during a summer camp trip sponsored by their church.