ORLANDO, Fla. – Bright Horizons, one of the country's largest childcare providers, has settled negligence lawsuits filed by two families who claim their children were sexually molested by a former daycare employee, court records show. The terms of the settlements are confidential, court records indicate. At the same time, Bright Horizons was being sued in civil court, the childcare provider had been paying Hamilton’s criminal defense attorneys and legal expenses, a News 6 investigation revealed. Six months after his criminal case was closed, authorities arrested Hamilton for an unrelated child molestation incident that allegedly occurred in Virginia prior to his employment by Bright Horizons. A Bright Horizons spokesperson and an attorney representing the plaintiffs did not immediately respond to emails from News 6 inquiring about the lawsuit settlement.