Charges of Indecent Assault and Battery on a Person Over the Age 14 Dismissed

In October of 2020 a woman entered the lobby of a police station to report that she had been sexually assaulted by a male relative. The victim was with a lawyer at the time of the initial disclosure. She claimed that this occurred twice. The first time the defendant pulled her close to him, hugged her, slipped his hands underneath her shorts and grabbed her buttocks. He then moved his hands to her front, touching the pubic hair area above her genitals. On the second occasion the defendant started rubbing her thigh towards her private areas. A complaint issued against the defendant charging him with two counts of indecent assault and battery under G.L. c. 265 section 13H. After one and a half years of preparation we succeeded in getting all charges dismissed. The defendant, who is not a citizen, would likely have been deported absent this result.

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