L.A. Teacher Molestation Case Reopened by Prosecutors
A 2005 investigation into allegations that a Los Angeles County teacher molested four students was dropped because of insufficient evidence. According to an NBC Los Angelesnews report, allegations made by four youths concerning the teacher are being sent to Los Angeles prosecutors and the case has been reopened.
Officials have arrested the former Los Angeles fourth-grade teacher on charges of molesting 12 students. He pleaded not guilty to 15 counts of child sexual abuse concerning 12 victims. The new charges resulted from a 10-month police investigation that began on March 15, 2012 after a number of girls told their parents that they were inappropriately touched.
There are many acts that are considered sexual assault, including rape, statutory rape, incest, sodomy, oral copulation, sexual penetration, and child molestation. California Penal Code Section 11165.1 states that “The intentional touching of the genitals or intimate parts (including the breasts, genital area, groin, inner thighs, and buttocks) or the clothing covering them, of a child, or of the perpetrator by a child, for purposes of sexual arousal or gratification, is sexual assault.”
