Gannett was sued in October 2019 under the New York state Child Victim's Act by a former paperboy who accused the company of enabling a former district manager to sexually abuse him in the 1980s. This case is currently pending. Four more lawsuits were filed in February 2020. Additionally, two more men filed suit against Gannett for child sex abuse in September 2020, bringing the current total number of plaintiffs to seven. In December 2020, Gannett and its Arizona Republic newspaper were also sued by a former paperboy in the Phoenix, AZ community for enabling its employees to sexually abuse him in the late 1970s.