Pretrial Probation for Software Engineer Charged With Domestic Assault and Battery Over the Objection of Alleged Victim

Our client is a non-citizen software engineer who was charged with domestic assault and battery under G.L. c. 265 section 13M. The victim is his wife. In October of 2020 she called the police complaining that her husband had just struck her following an argument over their infant son. She complained that this had happened many times in the past. The woman was invested heavily in the outcome of this case and insisted on pushing towards a conviction. Anything short of pretrial probation under G.L. c. 276 section 87 would likely result in our client losing his job and being deported. Our investigation showed that following this incident the victim made several other reports of our client’s alleged criminal conduct in later occasions, all of which were proven to be false. She also fabricated stories in divorce proceedings against our client that we accessed and presented to the district attorney’s office in pursuit of a favorable outcome. Today, we were able to secure pretrial probation for our client under G.L. c. 276 section 87. The only condition is that he completes a parenting class.

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