The Backlash! - May 1995

Allegations of incest

What to do when the charges are untrue

by Kenneth R. Pangborn

Trial Consultant


Alleging child sexual abuse has become a very popular divorce tactic employed by some lawyers and their mean-spirited clients. Such allegations are made, quite simply, because they work so damn effectively. Things sort of just keep happening to your opponents. It is such a lovely picture watching the hated estranged spouse flailing about suffering in what I call the four-ring circus. Of course, the first ring is the divorce court. The second is the new protective orders courts. The third ring is Juvenile court. And the final ring is, of course, criminal court. In three of the four courts the state prosecutes, or should I say persecutes your opponent. So it is a freebie! And it is no nice to see the person squirm. Or so the thinking goes.

When I first started working on cases of wrongful allegations of incest during divorce and child custody cases not only did I have to grow used to allegations that I was also a pedophile because I was helping "perverts get away with it," but I had to quickly adapt to the realization that few lawyers knew how to handle a case like this. Many inexperienced lawyers warn their clients that they "will probably lose" the cases. Most lawyers believe that the vast majority of men accused of incest are guilty, but they aren't honest enough to tell you so.

The first thing you need is a guideline by which you can tell whether you have a good lawyer or not. With this type of case a lawyer needs to be extremely aggressive. Aggressive, not obnoxious, which are two different things. The worst kind of lawyer is constantly telling you to "wait and see what happens." Well, what happens is ALWAYS BAD!

There are essentially two questions you will need to answer with "EVIDENCE," and they are:

  1. Are you a pervert?
  2. Why is the child saying you did it, if it isn't true?

This holds true for all 4 rings of the circus you will find yourself in. Fail to answer these questions to the satisfaction of the Judge or Jury, and you will lose! The trick most lawyers simply don't know is what constitutes "evidence" to satisfactorily answer those questions. Most lawyers do not know, for example, the difference between a fixated pedophile and a situational or regressive pedophile. Most lawyers don't know that a client should be prep'd before allowed to take a polygraph (lie detector test), and send the men alone unprepared into the Lion's den. Seventy percent of the people who take a test under those circumstances will either fail or come out inconclusive on the test. Yet if prepared properly, 70 percent will clearly pass the test. No, there is no way to help a person successfully lie on the test.

Defending yourself in a case of untrue incest allegations isn't going to be inexpensive. If you are to have a chance to win you can anticipate expenses in excess of $20,000. It is your life and the life of your children that are at risk. But these cases are far from hopeless. Trying to avoid sounding like I am bragging, the vast majority of cases our "A-Team" deals with are resolved in favor of our clients.

Although there are lots of people who "say" they know about false child sexual abuse cases, most of them do not. Many charge outrageous fees for their slipshod work. The prophets of doom, however, are selling you on your loss before it happens to you, because with their representation it is highly likely you will lose. Thousands of men have won, however. There are several lawyers who are expert at these cases and who travel and can handle a case in any state, and sometimes in other countries. Don't sell yourself and your children short and be talked into accepting a guilty plea to something you didn't do. Don't quit on your children. Anger can be healthy. Call me for more information: 813-786-6911


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