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Delaware ballet teacher sentenced in Pennsylvania on child sex charges
Esteban Parra
Delaware News Journal
A Hockessin dance instructor, who was convicted in Delaware of inappropriately touching a 17-year-old Dover student in 2017, has been sentenced in Pennsylvania to prison for sexually assaulting a teen in that state.
Alexander Boitsov, a former principal with major companies in Russia, was found guilty earlier this year of 14 charges he inappropriately touched a boy at a Frazer, Pennsylvania, ballet studio. The crime occurred over a two-year period.
On Monday, a Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas judge sentenced Boitsov to serve between 4 year and 10 months to 9.5 years in prison, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office.
In a letter provided to Delaware Online/The News Journal, the mother of the victim explained how the abuse not only affected her son, but the entire family.
"We were all so betrayed by what happened we still struggle with trusting others," the letter said.
The Pennsylvania charges were filed as 68-year-old Boitsov prepared for his Delaware trial that he inappropriately touched a Dover juvenile.
Boitsov had been an instructor at the Dance Conservatory, at 522 Otis Drive in Dover, when he took the then-17-year-old boy into a locker room on June 23, 2017, and told the boy to undress. That's when Boitsov engaged in sexual contact with the boy.
Boitsov pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree unlawful sexual contact in May 2018 and was sentenced to three months in prison, and to have no contact with anyone under the age of 18 – except for supervised visits with his grandchildren.
He's also had to register as a moderate risk sex offender in Delaware.
Boitsov background:
Ballet instructor faces sex offense charge in Dover
Delaware ballet teacher admits to unlawful sexual contact with 17-year-old student
Delaware ballet teacher faces new charges of inappropriate touching
A Pennsylvania jury found Boitsov guilty in January of 14 charges he inappropriately touched a boy taking ballet classes at the International Ballet Theater Academy, located at 271 Lancaster Ave., in 2011.
The boy was 15 when the incidents began, according to court papers obtained by Delaware Online/The News Journal.
At first, the boy didn't think this was strange because costumes are tight fitting and persons assisting can sometimes touch a dancer inadvertently, according to the documents filed in Court of Common Pleas of Chester County, Pennsylvania.
But Boitsov began touching the victim outside of costume changes. "[The victim] said that Boitsov would invite [the teen] into his office and Boitsov would put his hand down [the teen's] pants and touch his/her genitals," the document said.
This continued until June 2017 – the same month Delaware police began investigating Boitsov had had sexual contact with a 17-year-old boy at a Dover dance studio.
The victim's mother said that after they reported Boitsov's abuse to authorities, the school ostracized the family, including their daughter who had also been taking lessons at the academy.
"My son reported the sexual abuse and the ballet studio kicked our entire family out," her letter said. "I still have to repeat that to myself periodically because the injustice of it is incomprehensible. I can't imagine a less safe environment for kids than one where if they report abuse they and all of their siblings are kicked out and actively shunned."
Get a lawyer!
Old Ct man had more than 500,000 child sex abuse files, pleads guilty
Peter Yankowski, Middletown Press
Dec. 14, 2020 8:38 p.m
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A 78-year-old Waterbury man pleaded guilty to a child pornography charge in federal court Monday, the U.S. Attorney’s office for the District of Connecticut said, after agents found more than 500,000 child sex abuse files on a storage device at his home.
John Perugini appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna F. Martinez by video and pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography a press release said.
Agents with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations learned that Perugini “had been paying for access to a commercial website that contained child sex abuse images and videos,” the release said.
On Oct. 29, 2019, agents seized his computer and several external storage devices at his home. One of the devices contained “more than 500,000 images and videos of child sex abuse,” the U.S. Attorney’s office said.
Federal authorities arrested Perugini Nov. 8 of that year. He is currently out on $50,000 bond awaiting sentencing. When Perugini appears in court March 17 of next year for sentencing, he faces up to 20 years in prison on the charge, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office.
33-year-old man from Charlottesville, Va sentenced to 22 years in prison for producing images of child sexual abuse
by: WAVY Web Staff
Posted: Dec 14, 2020 06:25 PM EST
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — A man from Charlottesville has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for producing images of child sexual abuse and attempting to meet a minor for sex.
The case was part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.
Prosecutors say Petitt then drove from Charlottesville to military housing in Norfolk to have sex with the girl. He was arrested where police later discovered images of child sexual abuse on his phone.
Investigators later learned that Petitt produced one of the images.
On Monday, Petitt was sentenced to 22 years in prison.
Mission, Tx man sentenced to 30 years for child sex abuse
The Monitor -December 11, 2020
Hidalgo County District Attorney Ricardo Rodriguez Jr. announced Friday that a 30-year-old Mission man pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual abuse of child.
The defendant is not eligible for parole.
“There is nothing more precious than the life of a child. Our office will continue to fight for justice and put these sexual predators behind bars,” the DA said in a statement.
Special Crimes Division Chief Hope Palacios prosecuted the cases, which were investigated by the McAllen and Mission police departments with assistance from the Children’s Advocacy Center of Hidalgo County – Estrella’s House.
State District Judge Rose Guerra Reyna handed down the sentence on Monday, the news release says.
The DA’s Office encourages anyone who suspects child abuse to report it by calling 1-800-252-5400, a 24-hour hotline operated seven days a week.
Michael Jackson’s estate set to take legal action against HBO over child sex abuse claims in Leaving Neverland doc
Debbie White
15 Dec 2020, 16:55
The Irish Sun
MICHAEL Jackson's estate is set to take legal action against HBO over child sex abuse claims in the explosive Leaving Neverland documentary.
The legal action comes as the film "already has a sequel in the works", being made by director Dan Reed.
Superstar Michael Jackson strongly denied claims levelled against him Credit: AFP or licensors
A federal appeals court ruled on Monday that a lawsuit filed by the Michael Jackson estate over an HBO documentary about two of the late pop star's sex abuse accusers can now go forward in private arbitration.
A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with two lower courts and ruled in favour of the Jackson estate in its decision on Leaving Neverland.
That means that his Jackson's estate can push for private arbitration over the 2019 film - unless the network appeals the ruling.
The case will now go to a private arbitrator, which the Jackson estate argued was required by the 1992 contract at the centre of its lawsuit. That means the proceedings will be held behind closed doors - largely shielded from public view, reports the Associated Press.
This is despite Jackson attorneys saying in court filings they would like the proceedings to be as open as possible. They said private arbitration was sought because it was the only way available to sue under the 1992 contract.
That decades-old agreement to put a Jackson concert on HBO required that the cable channel not disparage Jackson.
But the lawsuit alleges it did so by airing the molestation allegations of Wade Robson and James Safechuck in Leaving Neverland. "In the court's own words, HBO agreed that it would not make any disparaging remarks concerning Jackson", estate attorneys Howard Weitzman and Jonathan Steinsapir said in a statement.
"It's time for HBO to answer for its violation of its obligations to Michael Jackson," they added.
HBO had argued that the provision was no longer valid because both sides had performed their parts of the agreement. The pay-TV network has also defended Leaving Neverland as a valid and important piece of documentary journalism.
Jackson died in 2009 at age 50.
Jackson met accuser Safechuck on the set
of a Pepsi commercial in the 1980s
HBO representative Karen Jones did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment on the decision.
Jackson's estate and family have said the documentary's allegations are false and came from two men who previously told authorities they were not molested.
In separate cases, Safechuck and Robson sued two corporations created by Jackson over their allegations. Safechuck's lawsuit was dismissed last month.
Leaving Neverland director Dan Reed has been filming the hearings in those cases for a follow-up documentary.
In April last year the estate hit back at Leaving Neverland.
Longtime entertainment attorney John Branca called the documentary a one-sided “made-for-TV-movie” and accused the film’s subjects of being motivated by money.
“People love Michael. They love Michael’s music for sure," he said in 2019.
Which has nothing to do with anything!
The estate slammed filmmakers for not interviewing any of Jackson’s family members or other defenders, who insist the singer never molested a child.
The film’s director has repeatedly defended the film.
Although Robson and Safechucks’s accusations are not new, the film put Jackson’s legacy under fresh scrutiny.
Jackson, who was cleared in 2005 of charges that he molested another boy, acknowledged that he befriended numerous children, including some he invited into his bed, but denied molesting any.
The star moved into Neverland in Los Olivos, California, in 1988.
In April 2019, Leaving Neverland director Dan Reed sensationally admitted that the dates given by one of Michael Jackson’s accusers in his film are wrong.
Filmmaker Reed was forced into an embarrassing U-turn after Jacko biographer Mike Smallcombe revealed the train station at the singer’s ranch was not built until 1994.
In the doc, accuser James Safechuck claimed he was abused from 1988 until 1992 and was molested in a room within the Neverland station.
Cape Coral, Fla foster father sentenced to 25 years for child sex abuse
by Olivia Hyde, NBC-2
December 15, 2020
CAPE CORAL, Fla. – A Cape Coral man was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of child sexual abuse and child neglect out of Lee County and 25 years for similar crimes in Alabama.
Spurgeon was also sentenced to 25 years in Alabama for similar charges, according to court documents. He will be extradited to Alabama to serve the two sentences at the same time.
I think he should have to serve the two sentences in both states at the same time... He didn't commit his evils in two states at the same time, why should he get the privilege of serving his sentences concurrently?
Photo courtesy of the Lee County Sheriff’s Office: Jenise Spurgeon
The couple were housing 10 kids at the time ages ranging from 8 years old to 16.
Jenise Spurgeon’s next court date is scheduled for January 5, 2021. She is facing 10 charges of aggravated child abuse, according to court documents.
Search this blog for 'Spurgeon' for several stories on this nightmare couple.
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