Former San Diego teacher Jacqueline Ma has been sentenced to 30 years to life for sexually assaulting two students in her elementary school classroom. The 36-year-old was arrested in 2023 after a report was filed, including inappropriate messages found between Ma and one of her students. Ma used her reputation as “teacher of the year” […]

42-year-old David Lane Braff, a former Ventura, California school counselor, was arrested on November 22, 2024 for molesting eight students at an elementary school. As new survivors are speaking up and seeking help, the initial number of charges has now increased to 31 counts of child molestation, against both male and female students under 14

Sexual abuse rarely happens without warning signs. In many cases, the abuser takes deliberate steps to gain a victim’s trust, manipulate boundaries, and create silence. This process, known as grooming, can be subtle, calculated, and difficult to detect. At Cifarelli Law Firm, our compassionate, knowledgeable attorneys help survivors throughout Anaheim, Santa Ana, and Southern California hold abusers and