Daycare should be a safe place for your children. However, many children face sexual abuse from daycare staff. There's nothing more devastating as a parent than finding out your child is being taken advantage of by a trusted adult. If you suspect daycare staff is...
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Reporting sex abuse to your church? Ask these questions first
A church is a place people should feel loved, cared for and supported by the clergy who run it. Sadly, some church staff use their power and influence to sexually abuse parishioners. Survivors may try to report these claims directly to their church to hold the abuser...
How sexual abuse survivors can sue anonymously
Survivors of sexual abuse who sue their perpetrators may worry how the publicity of their case could affect them. Since survivors can endure violence, harassment, stigma and, in some cases, media attention, some want to keep their name out of the spotlight while...
Sarasota Massage Envy Therapist Keonte Mcknight Gets License Restricted for Sex Assault Complaint
Horowitz Law is now evaluating any claims of sexual misconduct by Massage Envy therapist Keonte Mcknight. Contact us today for a free consultation.
Ex Miami Substitute Teacher Enreeka Nalasco Arrested For Giving Underage Girls Drugs for Sexual Favors
Enreeka Nalasco, a former substitute teacher in Miami/Dade, was arrested Friday, May 13, 2022, on charges including human trafficking, traveling to meet a minor, specific uses of computer services or devices prohibited, unlawful use of a communications device, and contributing to the delinquency of children. He is being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center without bond. According to media…
Diego Holguin Cespedes of Massage Envy in Miami Beach Disciplined for Sex Assault Complaint
The Florida Department of Health (DOH) issued an Emergency Order on March 9, 2022, restricting the massage therapy license of Diego Holguin Cespedes in response to a report of sexual misconduct during a massage he performed while working at Massage Envy in Miami Beach. The Order prohibits Holguin Cespedes from practicing massage therapy on male clients in the State of Florida. Holguin Cespedes has been licensed…
Pembroke Pines Teacher Philip Velez Arrested, Admits to Sex with Student
On Sunday, January 9, 2022, Hollywood police arrested Philip Velez, a culinary arts teacher and basketball coach at Charles W. Flanagan High School in Pembroke Pines, for allegedly having a sexual contact with a 17-year-old female student at his school. Velez, age 28, was arrested on charges of sexual assault on a minor and soliciting sexual conduct with a student while…
Homestead Youth Pastor Rick Torcise Arrested For Sex Misconduct With Teen
Rick Torcise, a youth leader and Pastor at New Beginnings Christian Fellowship of Homestead, Florida, was arrested Tuesday, November 16, 2021, after claims were made that he repeatedly molested a teenage boy from his church. Torcise, age 67, entered a not guilty plea and was sentenced to a first-degree felony sexual battery charge. Torcise was released on a $10,000 bond, and…
Tamarac School Teacher Leslie Wolfe Arrested, Admits to Sexual Abuse of Student
On Friday, November 12, 2021, Plantation police arrested Leslie Wolfe, a sixth-grade teacher at Bethlehem Junior Academy in Tamarac, for allegedly sexually molesting a 12-year-old female student while tutoring her at West Broward Regional Library in Plantation, Florida. Wolfe, age 63, was charged with lewd and lascivious molestation on a victim 12-16 years old by an offender 18 years old…
Miami Lakes Teacher Jossie Calderon Arrested For Sexual Misconduct With Two Students
Jossie Calderon, a math teacher at Barbara Goleman Senior High School in Miami Lakes, was arrested on Friday, November 12, 2021, for alleged sexual misconduct with two female students. Calderon, age 27, was charged on two counts of lewd and lascivious molestation of a child between 12-16 years old, two counts of offenses against students by authority figures, two counts of…