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THE CHILD’S STATEMENTS ABOUT SEXUAL TOUCHING WERE ADEQUATELY CORROBORATED AND FATHER’S EXPLANATION FOR THE TOUCHING WAS NOT SUPPORTED BY THE EVIDENCE (THIRD DEPT).

The Third Department, reversing Family Court, determined the evidence supported sexual abuse and neglect by respondent-father. The child’s statements were sufficiently corroborated and the father’s explanation for touching the child was not credible:

… [T]he proof of the child’s consistent descriptions of the inappropriate touching to various individuals, the child’s dramatic change in behavior, the reenactment of the touching through sand and play therapy and respondent’s admissions satisfied the relatively low threshold of corroboration … . Matter of Lily BB. (Stephen BB.), 021 NY Slip Op 01106, Third Dept 2-18-21

 

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