Posted on July 25, 2013     |     Firm News

Dozens of University of Southern California students have filed a federal complaint with the Department of Education alleging that the school failed to follow through when women reported being raped on campus. The complaint characterizes the School’s handling of the cases as “bungled,” and “mishandled.” The allegations include campus police telling alleged rape victims that… read more

Posted on July 10, 2013     |     California, Child Abuse, Child Molestation, Firm News, Lewd acts, Pedophile, Print, Rape, Sex Offender, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Molestation

Laura Whitehurst, the Citrus Valley High School teacher who just last week was arrested after giving birth to a child fathered by one of her students, has been arrested again as more victims come forward. In fact, since her original arrest on July 1, 2013, two more male victims have come forward to claim they… read more

Posted on July 2, 2013     |     California, Child Abuse, Child Molestation, Firm News, Lewd acts, Los Angeles, Molestation, Pedophile, Sex Offender, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Molestation

Laura Elizabeth Whitehurts, a 28-year-old high school teacher at Citrus Valley High School in Redlands, California, has been arrested on suspicion of having sex with a 16-year-old student at the high school where she taught. Whitehurst has since given birth to the minor student’s baby. Their relationship reportedly lasted for one year. While the police… read more

Posted on June 26, 2013     |     California, Firm News, Los Angeles, Public School Abuse

Letter to Thomas A. Delaney, Esq. RE: A.M., et al. v. Los Angeles Unified School District, et al LASC Case No. BC484111 (Lead Case) Dear Mr. Delaney:We write on behalf of our clients, as well as their families, regarding the issue of child sexual abuse in the Los Angeles Unified School District (“LAUSD” or “District”)…. read more

Posted on June 20, 2013     |     Assault, Attorney, California, Child Abuse, Child Molestation, Firm News, Lewd acts, Molestation, Rape, Sex Offender, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Molestation

Summer Michelle Hansen, a Special Education teacher working at Centennial High School in Corona, California, has been arrested on suspicion of having sex with at least one student on school grounds. Hansen, 31, has been teaching at Centennial since 2008 and in currently on leave pending the outcome of the investigation. Although police do not… read more

Posted on April 15, 2013     |     Assault, California, Firm News, Lewd acts, Rape, Sex Offender, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Molestation

A new report released by the California Legislative Analyst’s Office finds that sexual abuse and molestation has become a severe problem within the state agency charged with caring for those individuals with developmental disabilities and special needs. Through the course of an 18 month investigation, investigators found 36 cases of alleged rape and molestation. The… read more

Posted on March 25, 2013     |     Assault, Attorney, California, Child Abuse, Child Molestation, Child Pornograpghy, Firm News, Lewd acts, Molestation, Pedophile, Public School Abuse, Sex Offender, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Molestation

A lawsuit has been filed against Sacramento City Unified School District, by a teenage boy and his mother. The suit stems from the recent arrest and conviction of Preston Howard Lewis, who was sentenced in October to 18 years in state prison after pleading no contest to three felonies and a misdemeanor for molesting a… read more

Posted on March 20, 2013     |     California, Child Abuse, Child Molestation, Child Pornograpghy, Firm News, Lewd acts, Molestation, Pedophile, Rape, Sex Offender, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Molestation

Peter Ruiz, a thirty-three year old male living in Riverside, California, has been sentenced to twenty five years in prison after molesting at least three children, photographing the abuse, and trading those images over the Internet with other pedophiles. Mr. Ruiz had pled guilty to the charges after an FBI investigation resulted in the discovery… read more

Posted on March 14, 2013     |     Attorney, California, Child Abuse, Child Molestation, Church, clergy sexual abuse, Firm News, John Manly, Lewd acts, Los Angeles, Molestation, Pedophile, Sex Offender, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Molestation

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has settled four clergy sex abuse cases brought by individuals who were molested by one of the Diocese’s most notorious pedophile priests, Father Michael Baker. The settlement comes just after the Archdiocese of Los Angeles released thousands of documents relating to sexual abuse within the Church. Some of those documents… read more

Posted on March 12, 2013     |     Press Releases

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