The new crime of Torture and how it is proven in Court
Nature of Crime. Proposition 115, adopted at the June 1990 primary election created the crime of torture. The crime consists of the infliction of great bodily injury on the person of another, “with the intent to cause cruel or extreme pain and suffering for the...
Domestic Violence and the Amber Heard and Johnny Depp case
How domestic violence work in California? Is the Amber Heard and Johnny Depp case an accurate portrayal of how a domestic violence action takes place in California? In California the Petitioner must prove it is more likely than not in a family law setting that...
Domestic violence and the quarantine of covid
In California and especially in Orange County California the pandemic hit hard with a sudden blow to the financial and economic freedoms we used to have prior to the Covid scare. The County was shut down and people were sent to their homes packing and hiding out from...
Domestic violence used as a defense to move away order
The question must be asked as in all move away cases is the reason for the move away a motive separate than other reasons given for the move away request. Often the move away if fought with anterior motives and seems to be almost always done so based on my...
Las Vegas cop pleads guilty to excessive use of force
Former Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) officer Richard Scavone pleaded guilty today in federal court to assaulting a handcuffed woman in his custody. Federal Court works quite differently than state criminal Court. Since this case probably involved a...
Is Tyrese Gibson using too much spanking to be considered abuse?
Tyrese Gibson is now under the microscope of the L.A. County Dept. of Children and Family Services over claims by his ex-wife and baby mama that he spanked his 10-year-old daughter so hard she couldn’t sit. Spanking by itself is not necessarily abuse because some...
Robert Kardashian files civil lawsuit alleging Blac Chyna was violent and abused him
Blac China and Robert Kardashian broke up in July of 2017 after a tumultuous relationship. Blac Chyna went to Court and got a Domestic violence restraining order against the father of her child. But their battle is far from over. While the mother-of-two was ready to...
Audrina Patridge is getting divorced
Audrina Patridge is divorcing her husband of less than a year, on the heels of running to court to get protection from him the newpaper has learned. She is also seeking a domestic violence protection order from the Court. Often these Domestic violence actions can be...
Ezekiel Elliott and how the NFL handles Domestic Violence
Your union will defend you and has, in some instances, proved that the league misapplied its own rules. That’s how former Carolina Panthers defensive end Greg Hardy won a reduction of a 10-game suspension in 2015. But the United States judicial system has agreed, most...
Dallas Cowboys and Ezekiel Elliott will fight domestic violence suspension for six games
Ezekiel Elliott says the NFL got it 100% WRONG by concluding he attacked his girlfriend on 3 separate occasions — and vows to appeal his 6-game suspension for domestic violence accusations. “Mr. Elliott and his team of representatives are extremely disappointed with...