When facing serious criminal charges the location of the prosecution will unfortunately have an effect on the ability to get a positive result including getting a criminal case dismissed, reduced or getting an acquittal from a jury. It is no secret that Los Angeles County is less conservative than Orange or Ventura County. Even within [...]
Recently a former Los Angeles teachers assistant was arrested for sexual battery on a student. On Wednesday, Pil Mendez was arrested on one charge of sexual battery and three counts of molesting or annoying an underage girl. It is claimed that Mr. Mendez on multiple occasions made sexual comments and inappropriately touched a female student. [...]
Recently, Bikram Choudhury dodged a criminal prosecution in Los Angeles after numerous prior yoga clients complained of sexual misconduct. Although Mr. Choudhury avoided criminal charges, he lost in a civil lawsuit related to the same complaints wherein a jury awarded the victims over 6 million dollars in punitive damages (see http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-bikram-yoga-lawsuit-20160126-story.html). The Los Angeles District [...]
Perhaps one of the biggest problems identified on college campuses today are incidents of rape among students. Many persons charged with such crimes claim that both parties were drunk and no force was used to the point where an injury occurred so therefore no rape had occurred. Such claims often times do not lead to [...]
Defending rape charges in CA has been in the news as of late given the publicity surrounding the University of California's "yes means yes" standards for sexual assault claims on their college campuses. There may come a time in a person’s life in many instances a young male with no prior record where they have [...]