Not Guilty Verdict After Jury Trial For Man Charged With Indecent Assault and Battery on a Child Under 14

On December 14, 2017 the a forty-five year old man accompanied his girlfriend and her two children to the girlfriend’s annual family Christmas party. The party was held at a large hall and attended by approximately forty people. A Yankee Swap was the focal point of the event and held in the function room portion of the hall. This room was protected by security cameras that recorded the event. The recording was presented as an exhibit during the trial. The footage lasts twenty four minutes. It shows the victim, the defendant’s girlfriend’s seven year old daughter, sitting in his lap. At one point in the video a woman is seen taking the child off of the defendant’s lap and pointing at the defendant in an angry manner. This woman testified that the defendant was rubbing the girl’s private area over her clothes. Another witness, the victim child’s aunt, also testified to observing this act. The defendant was charged with indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of 14, a violation of G.L. c. 265 Section 13B. If convicted the defendant would have had to register as a sex offender, would have had a felony conviction and would have gone to jail. He hired Attorney Stephen Neyman to try the case. After a contentious trial Attorney Neyman succeeded in getting a not guilty verdict. The defendant was acquitted of all charges.

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