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This page is a transcript from a court proceeding filed on January 15, 2025, featuring the direct examination of a witness named Rocchio. The testimony focuses on the psychological definitions of 'grooming' versus 'consensual sexual activity,' with the witness clarifying that prior victimization increases the likelihood of subsequent victimization and risky sexual behavior in adolescents, rather than consensual activity leading to grooming susceptibility. The Judge (The Court) intervenes to clarify the distinction regarding susceptibility to grooming tactics.
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"What increases susceptibility to grooming would be prior victimization."Source
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"I'm not aware of any known or studied relationship between consensual sexual activity and grooming."Source
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"We also know that one of the effects of victimization in and of itself can be an increase in risky behavior."Source
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"And for adolescents in particular that risky behavior can often take the form of risky sexual behavior."Source
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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 782 Filed 01/15/25 Page 71 of 158 71
LBAAMAX3ps Rocchio - Direct
LBAAMAX3ps Rocchio - Direct
1 increase the likelihood of grooming or susceptibility to
2 grooming? Do I have that right?
3 THE WITNESS: No. I'm sorry. What increases
4 susceptibility to grooming would be prior victimization. I
5 believe I'm being asked here now about consensual sexual
6 activity. And I'm not aware of any known or studied
7 relationship between consensual sexual activity and grooming.
8 THE COURT: Right. So to the extent prior sexual
9 conduct of any kind that you're aware of impacts grooming, it's
10 that prior victim -- prior victimization, prior subjecting to
11 sexual abuse increases the likelihood of one being susceptible
12 to grooming tactics.
13 THE WITNESS: Can increase the likelihood of being
14 sexually abused later, not necessarily susceptibility to
15 grooming per se, but we know that it increases the likelihood
16 of subsequent victimization.
17 We also know that one of the effects of victimization
18 in and of itself can be an increase in risky behavior. And for
19 adolescents in particular that risky behavior can often take
20 the form of risky sexual behavior.
21 So I think that, to the extent that there might be a
22 relationship between sexual abuse and grooming and sexual
23 behavior, it's actually the inverse of what you've talked
24 about, which is, you might see a lot of high-risk sexual
25 behavior being engaged in, in someone who has been previously
2 grooming? Do I have that right?
3 THE WITNESS: No. I'm sorry. What increases
4 susceptibility to grooming would be prior victimization. I
5 believe I'm being asked here now about consensual sexual
6 activity. And I'm not aware of any known or studied
7 relationship between consensual sexual activity and grooming.
8 THE COURT: Right. So to the extent prior sexual
9 conduct of any kind that you're aware of impacts grooming, it's
10 that prior victim -- prior victimization, prior subjecting to
11 sexual abuse increases the likelihood of one being susceptible
12 to grooming tactics.
13 THE WITNESS: Can increase the likelihood of being
14 sexually abused later, not necessarily susceptibility to
15 grooming per se, but we know that it increases the likelihood
16 of subsequent victimization.
17 We also know that one of the effects of victimization
18 in and of itself can be an increase in risky behavior. And for
19 adolescents in particular that risky behavior can often take
20 the form of risky sexual behavior.
21 So I think that, to the extent that there might be a
22 relationship between sexual abuse and grooming and sexual
23 behavior, it's actually the inverse of what you've talked
24 about, which is, you might see a lot of high-risk sexual
25 behavior being engaged in, in someone who has been previously
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