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Originally Posted by DubaiSis
So for those of you have experience at the protective services, counseling, etc. end of the spectrum, what is your instinct on this issue?
My instinct is that child abuse is wildly under-reported, and being a rich guy in no way means he's necessarily innocent, but as soon as you throw divorce into it I suddenly become much more leery of the facts of the case. Which leaves me back at no side taken.
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It was many years ago but I worked as an Occupational Therapist in inpatient psych on a 5-12 year old unit for several years. In my experience, with children at very young ages who have been abused, they typically had knowledge of things that most children of that age would not have. The therapists usually used a lot of play therapy and children tend to imitate what they have experienced or seen through their play. Additionally, most children who are molested at that age had physical signs of the abuse. Their parts are small and adult parts (even fingers) are not and often do some damage. Proving WHO did it can be very difficult, but whether abuse had happened was pretty obvious. 95% of the kids who were on our 5-12 y/o unit had been physically or sexually abused.
I don't know what a lawyer would advise, but if I was absolutely innocent of a crime, I don't think I would accept a plea bargain. I would trust that since I was innocent, there would not be evidence to convict me.
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