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9 yr old molested by the same age kid

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skylinzic

Junior Member
What is the name of your state? Michigan

My nephew had a friend at school who bribed/threatened him into sexual acts. (I won't be your friend, You can't come over or I'll tell at school, etc..) Seems harmless, but this was fondling and rubbing and sucking. (two boys) now it was the offender who performed the acts and my nephew was a participant but did not do the above, he was the fondled, the rubbed and so on. Recently found out, he cried knew it was wrong but didn't want to tell until now. He feels better they are no longer friends and this kid goes to another school. Still, mom feels violated and turns out this victim is not his first! Other parents in this small town fear the stigma and don't want to tell. Anyway, went to the police and school and s.s. investigation starts and the offender lies of course but is quite coached. Police know it's not kosher and the dad is a porn freak, mom is wierd and they have another child who was molested and a sister who cuts herself. RED FLAG. Point is this kid has moved around alot schools as well and now is being let back into my nephews school. I would like to prevent this, school in delta county states hands are tied and don't show too much concern d/t age of kids but this is a big concern of mine. Can this go anywhere criminally at this age? How can I encourage an investigation on the whole family obviously those kids need help as well. I would have been more concerned about the other kid getting help but I need to protect mine and others right now and no one knows. Does the school have some responsibility in protecting my child and others? My son is certainly going to need counseling to deal with facing this child every day. They are in the same grade but this kid is one year older and bigger physically. I would like this to go somewhere criminally and to keep this child away from my nephew at this point! Restraining order? Of course everything is confidential too and I don't believe this is going to go very far and fear it may chalked up to child experimentation when my nephew seems to have been bullied into this and is suffering because of this and since he is not the only one, I'm thinking big red flag. How do I get the word out? Help! Please! and this is not experimentation. There is guilt, regret, fear involved.
 


CdwJava

Senior Member
If this really happened, the offending child is almost certainly subject to some form of abuse or neglect at home. However, proving such an allegation may take time and may not be possible at all.

A roadblock to prosecution of the other child is his age. Most 9 year olds are too young to be charged without both proof of the alleged act AND some evidence that they are capable of understanding that their acts were wrong and criminal in some way. This can be difficult.

The best result might be for counseling for all involved. And since you have no control over the other family, your nephew's parents should probably get into family counseling to address the issue with your nephew before it gets a toehold in his psyche.

- Carl
 

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