Child Sexual Abuse Defense

Damon Kirschbaum represents people that have been falsely accused of child sexual abuse in Connecticut. His goal is to provide the best possible representation to his clients by using the latest knowledge in the fields of forensic psychology and medicine. Child sexual abuse cases are extraordinarily high-risk cases, and they involve extremely complex scientific issues. A conviction in Connecticut in a child sexual abuse case can lead to decades of incarceration, years of intrusive and onerous sex offender probation, and ten years or a lifetime of sex offender registration. Child sexual abuse cases always involve complex psychological issues, and they frequently involve complex medical issues.

People that have been falsely accused of child sexual abuse in Connecticut cannot rely upon the government to conduct a complete and unbiased investigation into the allegations. Police officers, social workers from the Department of Children and Families, forensic interviewers, medical doctors, and prosecutors are frequently inadequately trained to conduct a complete and unbiased investigation. They assume that the allegations are true because they do not believe that children are capable of making false child sexual abuse allegations. They fail to consider, investigate, and rule out alternative innocent explanations for the allegations. They present the results of their incomplete and biased investigations to juries that do not understand how to evaluate the investigations, and how to assess the child sexual abuse allegations. A vigorous, systematic, and sophisticated defense is the best hope for convincing juries to acquit defendants of false child sexual abuse allegations.

Damon Kirschbaum has the knowledge, training, and experience to conduct vigorous, systematic, and sophisticated defenses in child sexual abuse cases. He understands the complex psychological and medical issues. He cross-examines the police officers, the social workers, the forensic interviewers, and the medical doctors to show that their investigations were incomplete and biased. He presents the testimony of forensic psychologists and medical doctors that have an expertise in investigating and assessing child sexual abuse allegations. He develops and presents coherent and compelling defense theories of the cases that provide innocent alternative explanations for the allegations. He educates juries about how to evaluate the investigations, and how to assess the child sexual abuse allegations.

Call Damon Kirschbaum at (860) 522-7000 to talk about how he crafts vigorous, systematic, and sophisticated defenses against false child sexual abuse allegations.