A new law aimed at protecting survivors of sexual assault from being hit with frivolous defamation lawsuits filed by their alleged perpetrators has been signed by Governor Gavin Newsom. California Assembly Bill 933 (AB 933) amends the state’s civil code...

A new law aimed at making access to rape kits easier for student survivors of college campus sexual assault has been signed by California Governor Gavin Newsom. Assembly Bill 1138 (AB 1138) mandates that most California colleges and universities receiving...

A teacher with the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) was arrested on suspicion of possessing and distributing child pornography. Rene Gregorio Estrella, 60, was taken into custody early Wednesday morning by the San Bernardino Police Department’s Internet Crimes Against...

Governor Gavin Newsom has signed California Assembly Bill 1394 (AB 1394) into law, a move that is intended to hold social media platforms liable for failing to combat child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and allowing child sex trafficking. AB 1394...

Legislation eliminating the statute of limitations on childhood sexual abuse civil lawsuits has been signed into law by California Governor Gavin Newsom. California Assembly Bill 452 (AB-452) officially removes the time limit for child survivors of sexual abuse to file...

DLG’s Founder & President, Sam Dordulian, has more than 25 years of experience fighting for victims of sexual assault, abuse, and misconduct. In the video below, Dordulian explains how his tenure as a sex crimes prosecutor in the Los Angeles...

The father of a John Muir Middle School sixth-grade student is demanding answers after Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) officials failed to take disciplinary action against a boy who is alleged to have sexually assaulted the man’s daughter. Ivan...

Glendale Police Department officials have arrested a Sylmar man in connection with two alleged sexual abuse incidents involving students at John Muir Elementary School. Pedro Antonio Tellez (aka Pedro Antonio Hernandez Llamas), 29, was booked on felony charges of Lewd...

The nonconsensual posting of intimate images or videos is commonly referred to as revenge porn (or image-based sexual abuse). In 2013, California became the first state to officially criminalize the sharing and distribution of sexually explicit images without consent. But...

The owner and operator of a local Glendale insurance training school has been arrested for alleged sexual battery of his students, according to a CBS News report. Marcello Tagliente has been identified as the sexual battery suspect by the Glendale...