Articles Posted in Rape and Sex Crimes

Matthew Galluzzo comments on Trump and George Santos cases
The Law Office of Matthew Galluzzo, PLLC Team

Recently, former prosecutor Matthew Galluzzo appeared on PBS Channel 13 to explain several legal issues relating both the recent verdict in the Trump civil sex abuse trial and the new indictment of Congressman George Santos. Matthew Galluzzo is a former sex crimes prosecutor who now represents both plaintiffs and defendants in civil sex abuse cases.…

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Philadelphia Eagles football player Josh Sills arrested on rape and kidnapping charges
The Law Office of Matthew Galluzzo, PLLC Team

Philadelphia Eagles football player Josh Sills was recently indicted by a grand jury and arrested for allegedly raping and kidnapping a woman in Ohio in December 2019. The team immediately suspended him; otherwise, Mr. Sills would have suited up for the Super Bowl in two weeks. The case presents several interesting questions. First, the investigation…

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Criminal charges in New York for Revenge Porn – Penal Law 245.15
The Law Office of Matthew Galluzzo, PLLC Team

In 2019, to combat the phenomenon known as “revenge porn,” the state of New York added Penal Law Section 245.15 to its list of criminal charges. Specifically, it is now a class A misdemeanor for a person to unlawfully disseminate or publish an intimate image without the consent of the person depicted in the image.…

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LOMG obtains dismissal of Assault and Forcible Touching charges for client
The Law Office of Matthew Galluzzo, PLLC Team

On October 24, The Law Office of Matthew Galluzzo PLLC successfully secured the full dismissal of misdemeanor Assault in the Third Degree, Forcible Touching, and Sexual Abuse in the Third Degree charges for a client in Manhattan criminal court. Our client, a holder of an H1B visa, allegedly groped a woman’s buttocks and punched a…

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Ghislaine Maxwell: Will She Cooperate Now?
The Law Office of Matthew Galluzzo, PLLC Team

Following her conviction at trial in the Southern District of New York for various federal charges relating to the sex trafficking of minors, disgraced Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell received a sentence of 20 years in prison. She will get credit towards that sentence for the time she has already spent in prison, and assuming…

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Ghislaine Maxwell – what happens next?
The Law Office of Matthew Galluzzo, PLLC Team

After a long trial followed by over forty hours of jury deliberations, Ghislaine Maxwell finally stands convicted of several federal charges relating to the sexual abuse of minors. Ms. Maxwell somewhat curiously chose not to testify in her own defense, and she now faces a sentence of up to 65 years in federal prison. Ms.…

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Understanding Cuomo’s Criminal Charge of Forcible Touching
The Law Office of Matthew Galluzzo, PLLC Team

It was recently announced by the New York Attorney General’s Office that disgraced former New York governor Andrew Cuomo would be criminally prosecuted for an alleged groping of a female staffer at the governor’s mansion in Albany. Specifically, Cuomo will be charged with one count of Forcible Touching, in violation of Penal Law Section 130.52.*…

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Title IX reforms and attorney for campus sexual assault investigations
The Law Office of Matthew Galluzzo, PLLC Team

The Department of Education recently released new policies and procedures for American colleges and universities to follow in investigating allegations of sexual assault and sexual harassment involving its students. Generally speaking, the new policies afford more protections for accused students than were required under the Obama-era Title IX policies, and victims’ rights advocates are already…

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Harvey Weinstein – what happens next?
The Law Office of Matthew Galluzzo, PLLC Team

Harvey Weinstein was recently convicted by a jury of two of the five charges contained in a Manhattan indictment (Criminal Sexual Act in the First Degree and Rape in the Third Degree). He will be sentenced on March 11 by the presiding judge at trial, James Burke. Weinstein faces a minimum sentence of five years…

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Bill Cosby sentenced to 3-10 years in jail
The Law Office of Matthew Galluzzo, PLLC Team

Today, Judge Steven O’Neill (who presided over Cosby’s recent sexual assault trial in Pennsylvania), sentenced Cosby to a sentence of 3-10 years in prison. The court had previously classified him as a sexually violent predator following a prior hearing. The court defended this decision by explaining that although the evidence of Cosby’s guilt had been…

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