Orange County, CA – Recognized as one of the top sex abuse law firms in Southern California, attorneys at Arias Sanguinetti represent people who’ve survived some form of sexual misconduct. This includes workplace harassment, institutional sex abuse, child sex abuse and much more.

Arias Sanguinetti’s attorneys currently represent three individuals who allege they suffered serious harm as the result of horrific behavior by their perpetrators.

Mike Arias and Travis Daniels represent two individuals who were sexually abused by their troop masters or troop leaders when they were just children. These cases demonstrate their skill as Orange County sex abuse attorneys because they involve the California Child Victims Act, which dictates how an adult can bring legal action on an event that happened years or even decades ago. There have been thousands of people who alleged abuse through their involvement in Boy Scouts of America over the years. These two clients were just children when they were abused by those in authority.

While the Boy Scouts of America organization was supposed to be dedicated to supporting boys and young men, too many were victimized through no fault of their own. The pain, mental anguish and heartache this has caused throughout Orange County is tremendous. Mike’s ability to sit with victims, hear their concerns and help them through their challenging times is one of the reasons he has been so highly sought after by sex abuse survivors.

Arias Sanguinetti attorneys Mike Arias and Sahar Malek represent a third individual who also alleges sexual abuse. However, instead of occurring through the Boy Scouts, this occurred at an Orange County school in the City of Huntington Beach. School sex abuse is a horrific crime because the impact has a ripple effect. In this case, the survivor was a minor when they were taken advantage of, and the school did nothing to protect them. When parents send their children to school, they expect they will be looked after. At the very least, they assume no harm will come to them, especially sexual harm.

However, in all of these Orange County sex abuse cases, people in authority betrayed the trust of minors and their parents. The aftermath of these cases goes on for decades. Adults will often have a hard time living their lives as it is difficult to impossible to forget childhood sexual trauma. The parents also feel guilty, as if they’d allowed the crime to happen. In reality, institutions such as the Boy Scouts of America or a school are negligent in how the hire and oversee their employees. And these predators take advantage of children whenever they create an opportunity.

According to Kidsdata.org, California has an incidence of 43.5 reports of sex abuse per 1,000 children. While Orange County is slightly below the average (at 34.7), this is still a terrifying statistic. There are more than 3.1 million people living in Orange County, and with over 360,000 minors, that means there are hundreds of sex abuse cases that go reported, and likely thousands upon thousands more that are never reported.

For these Scout Abuse and school abuse cases, they did not go reported for decades.

“When we sit down with these brave survivors, it can be difficult for our attorneys and staff to keep from crying while we listen to their stories,” said Orange County sex abuse attorney Mike Arias. “For us, it provides extra motivation as we hear just how difficult their entire lives have been. Some of these cases involve grooming, some involve one-time instances of abuse, some go on for years. For all of them, we put our clients’ pain and suffering at the forefront of our minds throughout or fight to hold people and institutions accountable.”