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This document is a page from a legal transcript, dated January 15, 2025, from a case identified as 1:20-cr-00330-PAE. It features a Q&A session, likely a deposition or testimony, where an individual (the Answerer) discusses the concept of 'grooming' in relation to child sexual abuse, its historical presence in scientific literature since the 1980s, and the foundation of their expert opinions on the subject. The discussion emphasizes grooming as a process involving increasing dependency and coercion, rather than an isolated event.
People (3)
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| Rocchio | Direct (examination) |
Mentioned in the document header, likely a party or witness in the legal proceeding.
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| Questioner | Attorney/Examiner |
Asking questions (Q) during the testimony.
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| Answerer | Witness/Expert |
Providing answers (A) during the testimony, discussing their professional background and knowledge.
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Organizations (1)
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| SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. | company |
Court reporting service responsible for transcribing the document.
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Timeline (1 events)
2025-01-15
A witness is being questioned about the concept of 'grooming' in the context of child sexual abuse, its presence in scientific literature, and the basis of their opinions.
Southern District (likely New York City)
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Inferred from the (212) area code of SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.
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Implied by 'SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS' and the case number format, likely referring to a federal judicial district.
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Key Quotes (4)
"As I said, child sexual abuse is a process. It's not an isolated event."Source
— Answerer
(Defining child sexual abuse as a process.)
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"To the extent that gift giving is being done in the service of increasing someone's dependency on you for the purposes of increasing your ability to coerce and control them, ultimately, for sexual abuse, then that gift giving would be considered part of -- to be part of the grooming process."Source
— Answerer
(Explaining how gift-giving can be part of the grooming process.)
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Quote #2
"Grooming itself has been in the scientific literature at least since the 80s. But the scientific literature that has looked at the relational components of child sexual abuse and the ways in which victims become coerced into, quote, unquote, complying with sexual activity by an adult has been well established in the study of child sexual abuse for quite some time."Source
— Answerer
(Discussing the history and establishment of grooming in scientific literature.)
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"They're based on the interaction between my education, my training, the skills I have developed over time, certainly my ongoing review of the scientific literature and my practice."Source
— Answerer
(Describing the foundation of their opinions on grooming.)
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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 782 Filed 01/15/25 Page 35 of 158 35
LBAGmax2 Rocchio - Direct
LBAGmax2 Rocchio - Direct
1 relationship. As I said, child sexual abuse is a process.
2 It's not an isolated event. To the extent that gift giving is
3 being done in the service of increasing someone's dependency on
4 you for the purposes of increasing your ability to coerce and
5 control them, ultimately, for sexual abuse, then that gift
6 giving would be considered part of -- to be part of the
7 grooming process.
8 Q. How long has the concept of grooming been in the scientific
9 literature?
10 A. Grooming itself has been in the scientific literature at
11 least since the 80s. But the scientific literature that has
12 looked at the relational components of child sexual abuse and
13 the ways in which victims become coerced into, quote, unquote,
14 complying with sexual activity by an adult has been well
15 established in the study of child sexual abuse for quite some
16 time.
17 Q. At a high level, what are your opinions on grooming based
18 on?
19 A. They're based on the interaction between my education, my
20 training, the skills I have developed over time, certainly my
21 ongoing review of the scientific literature and my practice.
22 Q. In your education, how did you learn about the concept of
23 grooming?
24 A. So again, in my education part of how I learned that, it
25 was from my study of the process of child sexual abuse and both
2 It's not an isolated event. To the extent that gift giving is
3 being done in the service of increasing someone's dependency on
4 you for the purposes of increasing your ability to coerce and
5 control them, ultimately, for sexual abuse, then that gift
6 giving would be considered part of -- to be part of the
7 grooming process.
8 Q. How long has the concept of grooming been in the scientific
9 literature?
10 A. Grooming itself has been in the scientific literature at
11 least since the 80s. But the scientific literature that has
12 looked at the relational components of child sexual abuse and
13 the ways in which victims become coerced into, quote, unquote,
14 complying with sexual activity by an adult has been well
15 established in the study of child sexual abuse for quite some
16 time.
17 Q. At a high level, what are your opinions on grooming based
18 on?
19 A. They're based on the interaction between my education, my
20 training, the skills I have developed over time, certainly my
21 ongoing review of the scientific literature and my practice.
22 Q. In your education, how did you learn about the concept of
23 grooming?
24 A. So again, in my education part of how I learned that, it
25 was from my study of the process of child sexual abuse and both
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