Los Angeles Sexual Assault Lawyer Blog

Text messages from a teacher's assistant at Shadow Hills Intermediate School were located on a cellular phone that belonged to a 13-year-old boy. He was a student at that school. The student's parents supposedly discovered some inappropriate text messages and contacted the local police about the alleged Los Angeles sex crime.

Detectives arrested the teaching assistant under the suspicion of having sex with the students in an empty classroom at the school, according to the LA Now.

The boy was interviewed by investigators and officials say that the boy claimed he and the teaching assistant had sexual intercourse a number of times over the last two weeks at the school.

Our Los Angeles sex crime attorneys understand how devastating these kinds of allegations can be -- for both parents and for a hardworking, loyal school district employee. It is not uncommon for a child to falsify these types of reports. Kids and students have been found to make up these types of stories for attention, for revenge or for acceptance. It is important for you to contact an experienced attorney if you find yourself facing any such charges as a lawyer can help to save your reputation, to protect your rights and to protect your financial well-being.

The teacher's assistant that was accused of these acts was booked by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and is facing four felony counts of lewd acts with a child. She was being held in lieu of $100,000 bail.

The Sheriff's Office reported that the teacher's assistant had been tutoring the boy before and after school over the last few weeks. According to the neighbors of the teaching assistant, she lives nearby with her husband and four children.

'We entrust our children to teachers and school instructors and in this case that trust was violated,' said Sergeant Brian Hudson of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

If you are facing such allegations, you are urged to contact an attorney experienced in sex crimes cases as early as possible in the process. Talking to investigators without a lawyer present is not a good idea as you may make certain statements that help incriminate you or that conflict with future defense strategy. It's understood that you would want to explain your innocence in these scenarios, but it's best to just remain quiet and let an attorney help to take the best course of action.

An attorney can help you to avoid undeserving ramifications of a sex-offender conviction.

Defending yourself and your reputation may be most important when you're a teacher and you're held in the public eye. In all such cases, you need someone who understands the court system, can recognize weak cases and knows how to disprove them.