Scott Sakajian, who is charged after slapping a boy with autism, wants to attend a diversion program instead of jail time, citing other other video evidence.
A Southern California family expressed outrage after a man who slapped their boy with autism filed court papers Monday to request diversion instead of jail time.
The Morales’ family attorney called Sakajian’s request for diversion “ridiculous,” saying the man has not accepted the responsibility for his action.“ lawyer said, ‘Oh well, I didn’t know the boy was autistic.’ What the hell does that have to do with anything?” Antonio Villegas, the attorney for the Morales family, said. “It’s not OK to slap 10-year-old non-autistic kids.”
“At the end of his probationary period, if he's successful, he can apply for an expungement, and he'll get it. But he should at least have that on his record for what he did that day,” the attorney said. “I want all the people in the world to see this is not right,” Miguel Alfredo Morales, the boy’s father, said. “You have to respect the children in any condition.”In response to the claims by the Morales family, the defense attorney for Sakajian refused to comment on the case except to tell NBC Los Angeles that there’s a “significant amount” of information he had filed, including other video clips and information leading up to the incident.
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