by Cristina Flores Wednesday, April 3rd 2019 KUTV NEWS Channel 2 Salt Lake City SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Tabitha Bell, 18, now a college student in California, will come back to Utah to take advantage of a new law that gives victims of sexual assault a second chance to take their alleged perpetrators to trial. […]
Fox News 13 POSTED 5:49 PM, APRIL 3, 2019, BY AMANDA GERRY, UPDATED AT 08:03PM, APRIL 3, 2019 SALT LAKE CITY – The Salt Lake City Mayor’s Office said more can be done to battle sexual assault and we can start by believing victims and their stories. “One of the most common reasons victims of sexual […]
Published by Deseret News April 3, 2019 6:51 pm By Lauren Bennett & Annie Knox SALT LAKE CITY — Four women seeking criminal charges for sexual assaults they reported but never saw go to court are now turning to a new Utah law that allows them more options for prosecution, stepping forward on the same […]
Stalking can be very difficult to prove when the stalker engages in clandestine methods to avoid detection, civil liability, and even criminal prosecution. Ferbrache Law has the experience and understanding of how serious stalking can be, and the importance for the victim in obtaining a civil stalking injunction. Stalking comes in many forms and it […]
-Jessica Miller Salt Lake Tribune Originally published Friday, March 8, 2019 A lieutenant with Brigham Young University’s police department took information from private records created by other Utah County law enforcement agencies and passed it on to university officials investigating students for breaking school rules. His actions sparked a criminal investigation that lasted more than two […]
Originally published at Salt Lake Tribune Online October 23, 2018 By Paul Cassell, Greg Ferbrache, and Bethany Warr Last week, the three of us – joined by three other attorneys located both inside and outside Utah – filed a petition in the Utah Supreme Court on behalf of four “Jane Does.” The Jane Does had all been sexually […]
Originally published at American Bar Association BY DEBRA CASSENS WEISS POSTED OCTOBER 19, 2018, 10:09 AM CDT Four women are asking the Utah Supreme Court to appoint a special prosecutor to pursue their sexual assault allegations after the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office declined to bring charges. The women are basing their request on a state constitutional […]
Originally published on Buzzfeed News: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/skbaer/utah-sexual-assault-petition-court-prosecutor “I did everything I was supposed to do,” one of the women said. “Reporting is not easy.” When prosecutors in Utah said there was “insufficient evidence” to file charges against a massage therapist who allegedly sexually assaulted her, Crystal Madill met with them to see if they would reconsider. […]
Published in Washington Post By Deanna Paul October 22 at 5:03 PM One petitioner was a 17-year-old high school senior when she alleged that a classmate had raped her. Another claimed her co-worker had assaulted her. The third petitioner accused a police chief of raping her several times while she was volunteering in his department. And the fourth, […]