by lawfirm | Aug 18, 2022 | Personal Injury, Sexual Assault Survivors
When people are victims of sexual assault, they usually know they can report the assault to the police and see if the offender can be arrested, taken into custody, and charged under the Texas Penal Code. But what few sexual assault victims realize is that they may be...
by lawfirm | Aug 18, 2022 | Personal Injury, Sexual Assault Survivors
You have heard the term “rape” many times and you’ve probably heard of “sexual assault,” but you may be confused about the two terms and what makes them different. While sexual assault is defined under the Texas Penal Code, it’s essentially a broad term that refers to...
by lawfirm | Aug 18, 2022 | Personal Injury, Sexual Assault Survivors
Sexual assault is covered under Section 22.011 of the Texas Penal Code. Within this statute, there are a number of ways that someone can sexually assault an innocent victim. They go beyond rape; they include other types of nonconsensual sexual acts. Then, even more...
by lawfirm | Aug 18, 2022 | Personal Injury, Sexual Assault Survivors
There are a lot of misconceptions about those who sexually assault others. When people think of rape, they often imagine the perpetrator as some stranger who attacks a woman as she is walking home in the dark, but that is more the exception than the norm, though that...
