Empowering Voices, Ensuring Justice: Insights and Updates on Sexual Abuse Legal Battles
Justin Yasutake, a 39-year-old Pasadena man who worked as a teacher and girls soccer coach for two decades ,was arrested after Arcadia police discovered child pornography on his electronic devices. Yasutake was taken into custody without incident in front of his Pasadena home and booked at the Arcadia Police Department jail for possession of child sexual abuse material, according to police.
David Lane Braff Jr. allegedly carried out the assaults from 2015 to 2019, when he worked as a counselor at the school. David Lane Braff Jr. was charged with 17 felony counts of “lewd acts” on eight students between the ages of six and 10 at McKevett Elementary School in Santa Paula on Friday, Nov. 22, according to the Ventura County District Attorney.
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced on November 8 that a San Fernando Valley middle school teacher, Colleen Jo Matarico, is charged with sexually abusing a male student who was between the ages of 13 and 14 years old from 2023 to 2024 while working as a teacher in the LAUSD system.
A female guidance counselor at Yeshiva University of Los Angeles High School, generally known as YULA, has been charged with having an unlawful sexual relationship with a 16-year-old male student, authorities said.
A Riverside County high school coach was arrested for allegedly having inappropriate sexual contact with students. The suspect was identified as Jesse Gonsalez Lopez, 27, from Perris, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office.
A previously convicted sex offender has been sentenced to 28 years in prison for molesting three girls while taking part in a reading program at a Santa Ana elementary school, court records show.
28-year-old Aaron Raya, a high school coach has been arrested after being accused of contacting former student-athletes with the intent to commit a sex crime, the Santa Ana Police Department announced Monday.
Giacomo Antonio Valdivieso Vargas, a former aide at a Tustin area middle school was arrested Thursday for allegedly inappropriately touching a young girl, police announced.
The former principal of a San Bernardino school has been arrested for sex crimes after chatting online with a sheriff’s detective posing as a minor, officials said.
A shocking report by Scott Reid in the Orange County Register has revealed that nationally renowned equestrian instructor Steve Milne, a fixture at Southern California horse facilities and events for decades, is being formally investigated by the U.S. Center for SafeSport for allegations of misconduct.
