Attorney Robert Allard has played a significant role in holding USA Swimming accountable for sexual abuse within the organization. Allard has represented numerous survivors of sexual abuse in cases involving USA Swimming, and has been a vocal critic of the organization’s handling of abuse allegations. There is a long history of sexual abuse within USA…
Continue reading ›There have been reports of sexual abuse involving the YMCA (Young Men’s Christian Association) in the past. Like many organizations that work with children, the YMCA has unfortunately had cases of sexual abuse occur within its facilities or programs. The law firm of Cerri, Boskovich & Allard sued the YMCA of the Silicon Valley in…
Continue reading ›Un maestro de música en Adelante Dual Language Academy, Distrito Escolar Alum Rock Union, enfrenta múltiples cargos de abuso sexual luego de su arresto. Israel Santiago, profesor de música, está acusado de tocar inapropiadamente a por lo menos diez estudiantes en el salón de la banda. Adelante Dual Language Academy es una escuela de transición…
Continue reading ›Following the sexual misconduct arrest of Del Paso Heights Elementary School teacher Kim Wilson last month, one of his victims is now filing a sexual abuse lawsuit against the Twin Rivers Unified School District.
Continue reading ›A civil lawsuit was filed against Backstreet Boys pop star Nick Carter for the February 2001 rape of a 17-year-old girl. “We want entertainers like Carter to know that just because they’re famous they’re not above the law,” said attorney Mark Boskovich of the San Jose-based law firm Corsiglia McMahon & Allard.
Continue reading ›Israel Santiago, a music teacher at Adelante Dual Language Academy is facing multiple sexual abuse charges. And it appears that he may have done this before. Instead of being terminated, he was moved to another school within the Alum Rock School District.
Continue reading ›LGUSD has agreed to pay a total of $5.1 million to two sexual abuse victims who were sexually abused as children by Blossom Hill Elementary School teacher and youth theater director Joseph Brian Houg.
Continue reading ›The Los Gatos Saratoga Union High School District has agreed to pay a former student-athlete $3.485 million for the sexual abuse she endured for more than three years. Beginning in 1999, student “Jane Doe” was abused by Los Gatos High School Assistant Track Coach Chioke Robinson, who began grooming her to accept his sexual advances…
Continue reading ›A recent independent investigation revealed that the U.S. Soccer Federation has been subjecting players to systemic acts of abuse. Following a large-scale investigation with “over 200 players, coaches, owners, and front office staff across former and current USSF personnel and NWSL clubs,” Sally Q. Yates, from the King & Spalding law firm, released a 173-page…
Continue reading ›Law firm of Cerri, Boskovich & Allard announces that West Valley-Mission Community College District settles for $7.6 million with disabled rape victim The West Valley- Mission Community College District will pay a disabled rape victim $7.6 million as a result of a lawsuit filed by the law firm of Cerri, Boskovich & Allard. The lawsuit…
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