LA Forensic Doc: Sexually Abused Girl Has Low IQ, So Suffers ‘Less Emotional Trauma’

In court documents obtained by the media today, Dr. Stan Katz was revealed to have testified on behalf of the Los Angeles Unified School District that a developmentally disabled nine-year-old girl sexually assaulted and abused in five separate incidences by an older boy at the school would suffer ?less emotional trauma? as a result of her low I.Q.

Katz attracted some fame from reality television shows in which he appeared as a ?personality expert? on such quality programs as Denise Richards’s short-lived It’s Complicated. He also served as an expert witness during the 2005 Michael Jackson child sexual abuse trial.

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Katz testified that the girl’s I.Q., which was evaluated to be somewhere between 64 and 70, would act as a ?protective factor? against depression, despite the absence of any scientific evidence to support that statement.

?There’s a relationship between intelligence and depression,? stated Katz. ?What happens is the more you think about things, you can ruminate?and become depressed.?

Katz mentioned none of the actual scientific evidence that shows that victims of abuse with developmental disabilities have more trouble with ?decision making or problem solving around the use of coping strategies to assist them in dealing with the stress or trauma? and are less able to effectively articulate their feelings.

Katz, who evaluated the victim on behalf of the LAUSD two years after the attack in 2010, also testified that the emotional distress the girl had suffered was related to the lack of having her father in her life and her mental disability, not the physical and sexual attacks she had suffered.

The jury was so ?offended? and ?disgusted? by the remarks that they awarded the victim 140 times the amount her attorneys requested, which would cover the cost of her therapy.

I’m curious to know exactly how much the school distract paid Katz to?flush any last scrap of integrity he had left down a very dirty toilet.

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