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

In January of 2021 a fifteen year old girl reported to the police that she had been sexually assaulted by her best friend’s father at a New Year’s Eve sleepover. The girl claimed that while she was sleeping she was awakened by our client with his hands in her pants rubbing the skin and pubic hair above her vagina. After the incident ended she told the defendant’s daughter what had just happened. Nothing was reported to the police for over a week. Later that month our client was charged with indecent assault and battery on a child over the age of 14 in violation of G.L. c. 265 section 13H. We engaged a forensic psychologist to evaluate the defendant for risk assessment and sex offender proclivities. The evaluation was favorable. We presented it to the judge and convinced him to continue the case without a finding (CWOF). All charges will be dismissed provided our client remain free from criminal charges.

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