Putnam County anesthesiologist Paul Giacopelli, 60, pleaded guilty on August 21 to sexually abusing his family’s nanny. Police arrested Giacopelli, who worked as the chief anesthesiologist at Putnam County Hospital, in December 2023 on suspicion of drugging the 25-year-old woman before sexually assaulting her. The nanny had suspected she may have been assaulted and installed

Hach & Rose, LLP attorney Hillary Nappi was featured in a Texas Lawyer article titled “CPS workers are exhausted — and it’s affecting the legal rights of children.” These workers have challenging, emotionally draining work, and when they aren’t given the time they need to decompress, it can lead to worse outcomes in the lives of the children

Group Presses for Quicker Resolution of Child Victims Act Cases, Claiming Backlog A coalition that involves attorneys who represent survivors of childhood sexual abuse is pressing for quicker resolutions of court cases filed under New York’s Child Victims Act, claiming the backlog of thousands of unresolved cases warrants a specialized court to move

FIRST CHILD VICTIM TO SUE OMEGLE: “YOU STILL ONLY CARE ABOUT YOURSELF” New York, New York (November 9, 2023) – The internet became a safer place last night. Omegle, a website designed to pair children with strangers, is down for good. Founder Lief K. Brooks issued a lengthy statement acknowledging the vast harms Omegle

When a person is addicted to drugs, there are many ways they might behave. Some may go to great lengths to hide their addiction from their loved ones while others may instead opt to completely cut them out of their lives. Factors include the drug they are challenged by as well as their personality type.

Millions of Americans suffer from depression, a mental health disorder that causes feelings of inadequacy and despair. The disease can affect anyone, even those whose lives are “good.” There are numerous causes of depression, such as genetics and chemical imbalances. Additionally, certain events in a person’s life can trigger an underlying depression

Hach & Rose, LLP attorney Hillary Nappi was recently interviewed by the BBC as a Legal Expert on the Ghislane Maxwell case. Hillary represents sexually abused victims and helps them bring legal action against their abusers.  Since the inception of the Child Victims Act in 2019, sexual abuse cases have been brought to light in both the courts

We know that unusually close relationships between an adult and a child can be suspicious, but often we don’t catch on to the issues until it’s too late. Grooming has been in the news frequently in recent months, with many celebrities being accused of grooming young starlets. But grooming isn’t just something that happens in

Thousands of children become the victim of sex trafficking every year. In New York, there were 454 cases of human trafficking reported in 2019. The pandemic only made trafficking worse, because there were fewer resources for victims to use to escape their abusers. One of the main issues with human trafficking is that victims hide

Online child sex abuse on sites like Facebook, not just the ‘dark web’: Can they stop it? This article originally appeared on northjersey.com and was written by Dustin Racioppi and Trenton Bureau. Soon after schools in New Jersey switched to remote instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic last March, an