Q: What can we do against a false allegation of child sexual abuse (Abuse of a minor by a minor)?
My sister-in-law claims that my son, who is 15 years old has sexually abused her youngest daughter who is 5 years old after having had a one-on-one conversation with her and having taken her to a psychologist. She has threatened us to legally proceed against our son and us, and she will go as far as making us lose our green card, since my family and I are all U.S. residents. I have spoken to my son, and he is completely unbeknownst about the matter and distraught about the false accusation. I do not want this issue to psychologically and legally affect him, and I want to prove to authorities the legitimacy of my son´s statements.
A: Hire a criminal defense attorney. There is no recourse against a false accusation except defending yourself unless your son is the victim of intentional misconduct. It would be a very difficult case to claim that a 5 year old was intentionally lying and that a psychologist was intentionally lying.
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