While many sexual harassment cases are handled under civil and employment law, those involving sexual assault or stalking can lead to criminal charges. If you’ve been charged with a sexual harassment-related charge, our San Antonio sex crimes attorney can help.
If you’ve been charged with a crime in relation to sexual harassment in Texas, you may be facing considerable fees and jail time. It’s important to seek legal advice to protect your freedom, future, and reputation. Here at the Law Office of John G. Perez Jr., John can help you defend yourself throughout the legal process, using an in-depth knowledge of federal and state laws. Being charged with a crime of a sexual nature can impact you for the rest of your life, but John can help you minimize the fees, charges, and impacts to your reputation.
Under state and federal law, sexual harassment includes a broad range of behaviors. This can include unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and criminal acts such as sexual assault, rape, and stalking. Typically, in order to be considered sexual harassment, the acts involved must create a hostile work environment or interfere with work performance.
As a criminal defense attorney, John specifically handles cases in which a crime has been committed. Many cases of workplace discrimination and harassment do not involve technically criminal acts. Instead, these cases often involve civil legal actions, similar to lawsuits for non-criminal harassment in the workplace, discrimination for things like race and sexual orientation, and many forms of employer wrongdoing.
There are two primary types of sexual harassment dealt with under Texas law: quid pro quo harassment and hostile work environment. In quid pro quo harassment cases, a person’s willingness to submit to sexual advances is used as the basis for employment decisions, such as promotions. The victim may be threatened with negative treatment, including after reporting sexual harassment. These cases may involve sexual assault or rape.
In cases of sexual harassment involving a hostile or toxic work environment, the harassment creates an unpleasant working environment. Examples might include unwanted touching, unwelcome sexual materials, or unwanted advances.
If you’ve been charged with a crime in relation to sexual acts in the workplace, our sexual harassment defense attorney can help. We’re ready to defend you in prosecutor negotiations and state and federal court if needed.
