CHILD ABUSE DISMISSED – State v. Ms. G. (DMC No. 5530) (Maricopa County Superior Court CR2005-115311): Ms. G.’s daughter reported to being molested by her biological father, as well as her step father. When police questioned Ms. G., she denied any knowledge of the biological father molesting her daughter. She did, however, state that she had some knowledge of her daughter making a previous allegation against her step father.
The step father was eventually arrested and admitted to molesting the step daughter. Ms. G. was charged with child abuse for not immediately reporting her daughter’s allegations to police. We were able to show that Ms. G. was reasonable in not believing her daughters claims, as she had investigated them back when it was first reported. All charges were dismissed against Ms. G.