Valerie Houghton sex trafficked my kids during my divorce During my divorce I told Valerie Houghton and Leah Amini (my other attorney) that my now ex-wife was letting an older man to molest my 13 year old son. The two attorneys mostly ignored my pleas. Marie O’Leary (visitation supervisor) would not allow me to talk to my son about it during visitation. At the next hearing, my ex-wife not only agreed to disclose that she had hidden $130,000 worth of gold coins, but also agreed to stipulate that the coins be divided. I was in complete shock. No one ever mentioned anything about gold coins before the hearing. I never thought that I would see them again because my ex-wife is greedy. We each got $25,000 worth. The remaining $80,000 went to Ms. Amini to be held in trust. Ms. Houghton had threatened me about firing her or Ms. Amini, but at that point I did so anyway. Ms. Houghton went on to represent my ex-wife without disclosure to me – and I was subsequently cut off from my children. I have not seen 3 of them in over eight years. My son recently turned 18, so I was able to speak with him. He confirmed that he had indeed been molested. The other 3 children show significant signs of also being sexually abused. I told my son to go report what happened to the police. About a week and a half later Judge Towery (ON HIS OWN ACCORD) filed an order that I could only have supervised visitation with my ADULT son. The judge had a conflict of interest and refused to recuse himself from my case. You can read the lawsuit that I filed against Judge Towery here: https://en.calameo.com/read/006718309538d136d3b0c https://en.calameo.com/read/006718309b846b5200bda Ms. Houghton then sex trafficked a daughter whom I share with a another mother My youngest daughter (who I share with another mother) is under the legal custody of a man who previously drugged and raped a teen. Said mother understands the danger of allowing this man to have parental rights to our daughter. She came to court and agreed to my motion to establish paternity. But before we could sign a stipulation, we were rushed into the courtroom. The judge acknowledged the memo from the mediator indicating that she agreed by referring to the defect and waiver of service. Then the judge DENIED the motion. Valerie Houghton has done this to other parents I came across a similar case that Ms. Houghton was involved in. A child had reported sexual abuse. When the parent tried to protect her children, she lost all custody. The child’s attorney (Houghton) sought and received a restraining order against the protective parent. The protective parent was also ordered to receive therapy. It was stated in the order that the alleged abuse was not DISPROVED. https://lawzilla.com/blog/michael-terpko-v-jaime-gay/comment-page-1/#comment-2407 In a subsequent case, 3 young girls were sexually abused. They were not able to take any action until after they turned 18. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/20795180-2019-10-25-complaint Valerie was the expert witness that derailed the protective parent’s efforts to protect the children. https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/valerie-r-houghton-lmft-san-jose-2?select=he8Vjk0sCPE2WJU opYKxlQ She’s been doing this for over 30 years. There have to be many, many more victims, but no one seems to care enough to prevent it from continuing. Retaliation against me and assaults The only thing that I have received is retaliation. I have been hacked, stalked and assaulted. I have been poisoned so many times that now all of my organs are damaged, my testicles have atrophied and the shape of my face has changed. You can see here what they did to me: https://archive.ph/RtpYi Valerie isn’t even bashful about it: https://archive.ph/WQYiu They also raised my child support obligations to leave me with just $300 a month to live off of: https://archive.ph/DjmGz I have also had charges filed against me without having committed a crime. I have been begging for the district attorney of our county to stop the malicious prosecution and protect my children. He is accusing me of violating a restraining order by texting a third party. He failed to include in his complaint texts that instruct the recipient to not forward any of the messages to anyone else. Deputy District Attorney Daniel Chung was at one point on my case. I gave him all the information about the assaults and what was happening to my kids. Because he seemed like an honorable man, I asked him for help. A few weeks later, it was announced that he had been fired and escorted out of the DA’s Office by three armed investigators. A BOLO was issued and he was banned from setting foot on county property. https://sanjosespotlight.com/santa-clara-county-da-accused-of-retaliating-against-deputy/ Mr. Chung ended up running for District Attorney this year. During one of the debates, I asked the candidates how they would address sex trafficking that results from abuse of the legal system. I believe that he answered the question truthfully in an indirect fashion. He mentioned conflicts of interest and judges acting egregiously. Then it was the DA’s turn. The first thing that he said was that Mr. Chung was “demonstrating why he was fired.” You can see the question and answer in this short clip. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jL9ByfkUYk Ms. Houghton demanded that I retain an attorney for the criminal proceedings against me so that she could instruct the attorney to raise a doubt to stand trial. I didn’t want to lose my standing to protect my children. When I refused, she poisoned and terrorized me. I begged District Attorney Jeffrey Rosen to enroll me into Cal-WRAP or drop the charges. I provided the names of two ER doctors that could confirm the assaults, Ms. Houghton’s social media posts, police reports, and other information. Mr. Rosen already knew about the sexual abuse of my kids, but he just ignored me. In order to end the proceedings against me, I set the matter for trial. Deputy District Attorney Joseph Eisenberg then tried to plea bargain with me. One of the stipulations was that competency proceedings be initiated. After I refused his offer, DDA Eisenberg raised a doubt, himself. Judge Barnum denied said request. I begged Mr. Eisenberg to consider my children. He showed no emotion and ignored my pleas. Right before the subsequent disposition hearing, DDA Eisenberg attempted to plea bargain with me again. Then he raised yet another doubt. Judge Geffon denied his request. That didn’t stop DDA Eisenberg from raising a doubt at a third consecutive hearing that followed more plea bargaining. This time judge Pennypacker granted the request and transferred the matter to competency proceedings. Plea bargaining is purely discretionary. Why would Mr. Eisenberg plea bargain with me if he was so concerned with my rights being violated at trial? Why did he ignore two previous rulings? I promptly filed a motion to transfer the matter back to the trial court. I cited the previous rulings that denied the doubt. At the next hearing, the judge continued my motion and appointed me counsel against my objection. At the subsequent hearing the newly appointed attorney refused to argue my motion. She also asked the court to appoint a psychologist to evaluate my competency to stand trial. I then filed a writ of mandate with the 6th District Court of appeals. I included the information about the sexual abuse of my children, as well as Ms. Houghton’s threats to tamper with any evaluation. The motion was denied. You can read the motion here: https://archive.ph/ZPgjR Shortly after the denial, the motion was purged from the court record: https://archive.ph/1AY82 An appeal to the Supreme Court of California was denied, as well. Although I refused to be evaluated by a psychologist, a report was written anyhow by Dr. Lyn J. Mangiameli After Dr. Lyn Mangiameli entered a fraudulent report into the court record, I refused to participate in the proceedings in fear of what it would mean for my kids. My court appointed attorney (who I am forced to have) signed a mental health treatment agreement on my behalf and without my consent. I have already spent 5 days in jail for refusing to be evaluated by Dr. Mangiameli. Now I have a warrant for my arrest. I don’t even have a criminal record, nor have I committed a crime to constitute these proceedings. https://archive.ph/4MmvV Dr. Lyn J. Mangiameli had a duty to the state to only write a report that met ethical and scientific standards set by the California Board of Psychology. Since he failed to do so, he should have never made the taxpayer flip the bill for his report. I’ve asked him to return the money and retract the report, but he is refusing to do so. Please sign the following petitions in support of the Judicial Council terminating its contract with this psychologist. The state of California deserves better. https://www.change.org/p/judicial-council-of-california-please-stop-contracting-with-dr-lyn-mangi ameli?recruiter=1275568634&recruited_by_id=656d5ce0-2a36-11ed-a0cd-dd224c5705f7&utm_ source=share_petition&utm_campaign=share_for_starters_page&utm_medium=twitter https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/judicial-council-please-do-not-contract-with-dr-lyn-mangiameli? just_launched=true I found a direct quote from Dr. Mangiameli in 2019. He is reflecting on his emotions after volunteering during a wildfire. “After my fire, sensitive to feeling everything I had built, acquired, and nurtured had been stripped from me, I came up with a list of three things I believed could never be taken from me: 1. The memories of the experiences I have had. This belief made me determined to have a life filled with experiences and adventure. 2. The knowledge and skills I acquire. 3. My integrity. My reputation may go up and down in the judgment of others, but my integrity is a contract with myself. Only I can diminish it, and sometimes I have paid a high price in my refusal to do so.” https://ncps.org/newsletter/article/472/unspoken-physical-and-emotional-aftermath-wild-fires-uni que-perspective How can he say that he refuses to compromise on integrity? Valerie’s history of theft and use of District Attorney’s Office to retaliate Ms. Houghton did the same to another man who alleges that she misappropriated $10,000,000 from him. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEg1fTduQp0&t=245s https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6981163-HoughtonIndictment-Docket Less than a money after the man asked for his money back, he was charged with raping a pregnant woman with a golf club. He was in jail for 8 days and spent $3,000,000 before he was found factually innocent. Here is the link regarding the man who was charged with raping a pregnant woman with a golf club. https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2015/01/16/silicon-valley-millionaire-clyde-berg-found-factually-in nocent-sex-abuse-of-wife/ Now the man is suing Ms. Houghton. https://lawzilla.com/blog/clyde-berg-et-al-v-metaview-wholesale-investments-lp/#respond I would prefer to deal with any other type of criminal. At least when you report a crime, the authorities won’t ignore retaliation. Valerie gloats about sex trafficking kids Valerie just doesn’t see anything wrong with doing this to children. My son is now suicidal. She said, “It’s not rape if they want it.” You can see what she posted to her personal blog after I told her that my ex was letting a man rape our 13 year old son. https://archive.ph/LOT2Q Watch her joke that “molesting [kids] is not reportable” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXf6uJWuYbk She has no shame.