State v. John Doe (2022)

Defense Counsel:

Charges: Child Molestation

State’s Case:

Child made a disclosure of suspicious touching and inappropriate behavior by mother's live-in boyfriend (the client). The child had a forensic interview where he repeated the "bad touch" by the client. Police immediately began to investigate, but elected not to make an arrest, if at all, until after meeting with defense counsel. If arrested, client was facing 20 years in prison and a lifetime on the Sex Offense Registry, not to mention losing his professional medical license.

Judgement:

Defense counsel found the client had been in a dating relationship with the mother for a couple of years. Their relationship had taken a bad turn, though, because the mother had been embroiled in a long, ongoing custody battle with her ex-husband for several years. The client explained, after two years-worth of craziness, he could not take her volatile personality any longer. He ended their relationship, which meant all their plans of her and the kids moving into his new house were ruined. She was angry with the client. The allegations followed immediately thereafter.
The client took and passed a polygraph and submitted to extensive psychological testing, which revealed that the client did not demonstrate a sexual attraction to prepubescent children or have any psychopathy or mental illness that might cause him to victimize young children.
Lastly, defense counsel discovered a long history of court filings by the mother against her ex-husband and his family wherein she had made several false allegations. After consulting with the District Attorney's office, the police elected not to arrest the client.