Empowering Voices, Ensuring Justice: Insights and Updates on Sexual Abuse Legal Battles
Terra Nova High School wood shop teacher Paul Spinetti was arrested for sexual assault, the Pacifica Police Department (PPD) announced in a press release Spinetti, 64, allegedly committed lewd and lascivious sexual acts against a female student.
On January 23, 2025, the Riverside Sheriff’s Office was contacted by the Riverside County Probation Department regarding an alleged inappropriate relationship involving a former employee and a male juvenile who is in custody. As a result, investigators from the Riverside Sheriff’s Office Special Victims Unit launched an investigation into the allegations.
Eric Reid Zuercher, 44, of Irvine, was arrested and booked on suspicion of attempting to meet a minor to engage in sexual activity, according to the Irvine Police Department. Zuercher, who teaches at Sierra Vista Middle School, has been placed on administrative leave.
Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced that Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Babak Hajhosseini, 42, is charged with sexually assaulting a woman in the city of Los Angeles on August 18.
Justin Yasutake, a 39-year-old Pasadena man who worked as a teacher and girls soccer coach for two decades ,was arrested after Arcadia police discovered child pornography on his electronic devices. Yasutake was taken into custody without incident in front of his Pasadena home and booked at the Arcadia Police Department jail for possession of child sexual abuse material, according to police.
David Lane Braff Jr. allegedly carried out the assaults from 2015 to 2019, when he worked as a counselor at the school. David Lane Braff Jr. was charged with 17 felony counts of “lewd acts” on eight students between the ages of six and 10 at McKevett Elementary School in Santa Paula on Friday, Nov. 22, according to the Ventura County District Attorney.
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced on November 8 that a San Fernando Valley middle school teacher, Colleen Jo Matarico, is charged with sexually abusing a male student who was between the ages of 13 and 14 years old from 2023 to 2024 while working as a teacher in the LAUSD system.
A previously convicted sex offender has been sentenced to 28 years in prison for molesting three girls while taking part in a reading program at a Santa Ana elementary school, court records show.
A female guidance counselor at Yeshiva University of Los Angeles High School, generally known as YULA, has been charged with having an unlawful sexual relationship with a 16-year-old male student, authorities said.
A Riverside County high school coach was arrested for allegedly having inappropriate sexual contact with students. The suspect was identified as Jesse Gonsalez Lopez, 27, from Perris, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office.
