A false allegation of child sexual abuse is an accusation that a person committed one or more acts of child sexual abuse when in reality there was no perpetration of abuse by the accused person as alleged. Such accusations can be brought by the victim, or by another person on the alleged victim's behalf. Studies of child abuse allegations suggest that the overall rate of false accusation is under 10%, as approximated based on multiple studies.Of the allegations determined to be false, only a small portion originated with the child, the studies showed; most false allegations originated with an adult bringing the accusations on behalf of a child, and of those, a large majority occurred in the context of divorce and child-custody battles.
Childern will make up stories for many reasons. The biggest reason we have found is to get attention from adults around them. This is usually a result of a troubles home life. Also, children will also take the lead of an adult that they want to please and place blame on someone that they feel needs to be punished. The investigation of these types of cases is usually not thorough and all authorities are always ready to believe a child because these types of cases are politically popular to prosecute.
If you have been falsely accused of child sex abuse, contact the Law Offices of MIchael S. Discioarro, LLC. at 917-519-8417 and let us put our experience to work for you.