Category: Sexual Abuse
[How to] Protect Your Children From Sexual Predators
Like every good parent, you want to learn the best ways to protect your children from sexual predators. The statistics are chilling. According to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), child protective services find evidence of child sexual abuse every nine minutes. There…
Sexual Abuse Survivors: How to Bring Peace, Healing & Justice
Sexual abuse survivors often find that they don’t get justice in the criminal court system. Learn more about how you can find justice in the civil court system. Sexual abuse is an atrocity that is horrifyingly common in our society. One in every six women…
Young Harvey Weinstein — A Predator’s Buffalo Beginnings
At this point, people everywhere know Harvey Weinstein’s many crimes against up-and-coming and well-known actresses. The New York Attorney General Letitia James recently announced that there would be a compensation fund of about $19 million for survivors of Weinstein’s crimes. He’s spent time at Rikers…
The Burden of Proof in a Sexual Assault Civil Case
Every minute and a half, someone in the United States is sexually assaulted. In many states, the laws are changing to help survivors of sexual assault. Unfortunately, numerous instances include only circumstantial evidence that leaves room for doubt, making it difficult to press criminal charges. A sexual…
Attorney-Client Privilege and Child Sexual Abuse Cases
Sexual violence rarely gets discussed in our daily lives, and yet its occurrence is all too familiar. Did you know that every 98 seconds, someone in the United States falls victim to some form of sexual abuse? Even more tragically, most victims of sexual violence are…
Largest NY School Abuse Settlement Awarded to Survivor
A $3.5 Million sexual abuse settlement for one survivor was secured by attorney Leah Costanzo and the team at Steve Boyd, PC. Steve Boyd, PC, is proud to announce that partner Leah Costanzo represented four of the five plaintiffs who secured $8.4 million in settlements…
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