Our client, in this case, is a 52-year-old man charged at the Los Angeles Superior Court in Antelope Valley with a felony in the name of elder abuse of a 70-year-old man. The client was faced with a 4-year prison sentence. It was alleged that our client was responsible for causing a large hematoma to the skull of the man, along with two black eyes caused by punching.
The preliminary hearing concluded, as ruled by the magistrate, that the elder was the catalyst in the scenario who initially started the aggressive behavior and our client only responded in self-defense. In many similar cases dealing with fighting and aggressive behavior, clients and defendants can have vastly different stories, due to which many times it can be law enforcement or prosecutors who determine the victim based on sympathy, political correctness, etc., and not the facts.