Former Alum Rock Union Elementary School District music teacher arrested for sexual abuse has history of complaints

Israel Santiago, Former Alum Rock Union Elementary School District music teacher Bay Area public radio and television provider KQED reports that Israel Santiago, a former Alum Rock Union Elementary School District music teacher arrested for allegedly sexually abusing students last year, has a history of complaints dating back nearly a decade. Santiago is suspected...
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August 17, 2022

Attorneys for survivors of STARS Prep Academy Coach Chris “Coach Frogg” Flores

CBS Los Angeles reports that former coach at STARS Prep Academy in Orange, Christopher M. Flores has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting two teenage girls. Flores, also known as "Coach Frogg", is accused of having sexual relations with a 14-year-old girl in Santa Ana and a 15-year-old girl in Riverside according to...
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August 12, 2022

Attorneys for survivors of Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Essex

CBS Los Angeles has reported that Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Sean Essex has been charged with over 30 counts of sex crimes involving children. Essex was indicted on Tuesday August 9, 2022 by a grand jury on a total of 33 counts including 18 counts of oral sex acts with a child, 12...
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July 19, 2022

Attorneys for survivors of Walworth County bus driver Matthew Gribben

WISN - ABC in Milwaukee recently reported a story about Matthew Gribben, a bus driver in Walworth County, who is accused of sexually assaulting young school girls who rode his bus. Gribben has been charged with four counts of first degree child sexual assault and two counts of exposing a child to harmful material. The victims...
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Attorneys for Survivors of J.R.O.T.C. Sexual Abuse

An article published by the New York Times reveals that a shocking number of former students say that military veterans who led Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (J.R.O.T.C.) programs in high schools across the country used their position of power to manipulate and sexually abuse teens. The article details the stories of a handful...
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July 6, 2022

Attorneys for Survivors of Former Team USA Softball President John Gouveia

Sports Illustrated has reported a story detailing the arrest of John Gouveia, a former president of Team USA Softball, who has been charged with eight counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a child younger than 14. Announced on Tuesday, June 28 by the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office, Gouveia was booked into the Alameda...
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June 14, 2022

Attorneys for Survivors of Forest Lake middle school shop teacher James Carter

Minnesota CBS affiliate WCCO recently reported a story about James Carter, a middle school shop teacher for Forest Lake Area Schools who is accused of sexually abusing two teenage boys whom he lured to his home to work on projects for cash and gifts. According to court documents filed in Washing ton County, Carter is facing...
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Sexual Abuse By Music Teacher: Anthony Philip Bruccoliere 

If you or someone you love has been sexually abused or assaulted by Anthony Philip Bruccoliere or another music teacher, you may have legal options.  The attorneys at Estey & Bomberger, LLP can help. Our attorneys understand how difficult it is to come forward about sexual abuse, and we want you to know you...
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May 30, 2018

E&B has earned the largest sex abuse verdict in the State of California Once Again

Once again, Estey and Bomberger achieve the largest sex abuse verdict in the State of California! This is not the first time EB has won this award. In fact, E&B has earned the largest sex abuse verdict in the State of California for the last 5 out of 7 years. These totals were: $30...
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rialto unified high school teacher, arrested for sex with minor

Barry Todd Noden, of Calimesa, is the music teacher and school band leader (at Rialto Unified's Eisenhower High School) recently arrested for having sex with his 16-year-old student over the period of March through May of 2016. Nodded is 57 -- he turned himself in and has pleaded not guilty, despite the fact that...
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