Posted on March 13, 2017     |     Emotional Abuse, Firm News

After a number of accusations by several former student-athletes, Penn State women’s gymnastics team head coach Jeff Thompson has been relieved of his duties. The decision comes less than a year after Thompson’s wife, Rachelle Thompson, resigned as associate head coach in June 2016 amid allegations of emotional abuse. The termination is effective immediately and… read more

Posted on March 11, 2017     |     Firm News, Sexual Abuse

In a disturbing piece of recent news, a Temecula Valley doctor is currently facing 31 felony and misdemeanor counts of sexually abusing patients and is now being held in lieu of a $3 million bail. Jury deliberations are already underway. John Francis McGuire, 45, of Escondido, has been accused of groping and sexually assaulting numerous… read more

Posted on January 16, 2017     |     Firm News

A former Franklin High School football coach was sentenced Friday to more than 36 years in state prison for sexually assaulting five boys.
Jaime Jimenez, 48, of Los Angeles, was a volunteer coach who assisted the full-time staff.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-franklin-coach-molest-20170113-story.html

Posted on January 16, 2017     |     Firm News, Rape, Sexual Abuse

A Montebello teacher was arrested on suspicion of statutory rape of a 17-year-old girl, the Whittier Police Department said Saturday.
Brian Lee Ward, 46, was arrested Friday in Whittier. Ward is a high school teacher at Vail High School in the Montebello Unified School District.
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“Ward had developed a sexual relationship with the student over the course of several mon

Posted on January 6, 2017     |     Firm News

Larry Nassar, a former team physician for USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University, is facing charges of sexual assault and possessing child pornography.
After a banner year for the U.S. women’s gymnastics program in which it dominated the Rio Olympics, the sport’s governing body is facing a tumultuous 2017, stemming from sex abuse allegations against a longtime team doctor.

Posted on January 1, 2017     |     Firm News

Posted on December 19, 2016     |     Child Molestation, Firm News

Editorial: USA Gymnastics must send strong message
Indy Star
Ray Adams was a monster disguised as a gymnastics coach.
And he was skilled as a predator. Sickeningly so. He knew how to manipulate young gymnasts, all girls, and win their trust. And he knew how to exploit a lax, secretive environment that undermines the apparatus of the USA Gymnastics network. Which allowed him to sexually abuse girls entrusted to

Posted on December 19, 2016     |     Assault, Firm News

AN INDYSTAR INVESTIGATION TRACED THE PATH OF FORMER COACH RAY ADAMS ACROSS A DOZEN GYMS IN FOUR STATES. Jenny Brannan answered the phone, and 20 years of fear bubbled to the surface with the caller’s first question: “Do you know who Ray Adams is?” Silence. The Missouri woman spent most of her life trying to… read more

Posted on December 16, 2016     |     Firm News

INDYSTAR INVESTIGATIONS REVEALED THAT CHILDREN WERE BEING ABUSED IN GYMNASTICS GYMS, BUT NO ONE KNEW HOW WIDESPREAD THE PROBLEM WAS. UNTIL NOW. A 12-year-old gymnast molested by an Olympic coach during “therapy” sessions. Children as young as 6 secretly photographed nude by coaches. Coaches who slipped a finger inside girls’ leotards. A coach having almost… read more

Posted on December 16, 2016     |     Firm News

EAST LANSING – She told Michigan State University she was sexually assaulted by Dr. Larry Nassar during a visit to his campus office in 2014 for treatment of hip pain.
MSU told her she wasn’t.
She said Nassar cupped her buttocks, massaged her breast and vaginal area. She said he became sexually aroused.