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Parents Cleared of Child Abuse in Photo Flap
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
RALEIGH, N.C. ― Parents who were charged with child abuse last August have been exonerated and reunited with their children.
Charbel Hamaty was charged with sexually assaulting his newborn son, and Teresa Hamaty was arrested for taking sexually explicit pictures.
The couple describe the ordeal as a "nightmare" that started over a roll of film that Charbel Hamaty dropped off at a north Raleigh Eckerd drugstore.
The photo that raised alarms shows a naked Kristoff, now 16 months old, getting a kiss from his father on the belly button, Teresa Hamaty said.
When the photos were shown to the police, the couple was arrested, and Kristoff was put in protective custody, while his half-sister, Victoria, was handed over to her birth father.
Teresa Hamaty was released on bond, but wasn't allowed contact with her children for months.
Charbel Hamaty spent six months in prison before the charges were dropped because of a report submitted by an expert saying there was no criminal intent in the photos.
The couple said they are happy to be reunited with their children and to leave their legal troubles behind them.
美国父亲吻四月大儿子肚脐被判性猥亵
《世界网络日报》7月27日消息,美国有一位父亲在儿子4个月大时,因为高兴而亲吻了儿子的肚脐,他的妻子还将这一幸福的场景拍摄了下来。然而这一录像不小心被警方得到了,并因此判了这位父亲性猥亵罪。
据报道,这名父亲名叫沙尔贝勒。录像显示,当时是一次家庭宴会上,沙尔贝勒当时正双手举起自己4个月的儿子,因为儿子光着身子,高兴的父亲就在儿子的肚脐上亲吻了一下,这一幕正好被他的妻子特雷莎用摄像机记录了下来。然而不巧的是,不久特雷莎不小心把录像把丢在了药店,最终到了警方的手里,却由此引来了警方的怀疑。
在警方看来,录像的这幕包含性猥亵内容。于是法庭以性猥亵重罪起诉了沙尔贝勒,同时他的儿子和女儿也被带走由政府监护。 沙尔贝勒因此在监狱了度过了半年,他说:“那简直是场噩梦。” 与此同时,特雷莎在经过数月的诉讼上告后,终于把孩子要回来。
特雷莎说:“我觉得他们这次抓错人了,警察太武断。他们看了一眼录像就来抓人。”在过去的一年里,有很多亲戚朋友为沙尔贝勒一家出庭作证,指责警察反应过激,他们还主动筹集了14万美元帮助沙尔贝勒一家打官司。沙尔贝勒说:“得到这么多人的支持, 我明白我要更加坚强,告诉人们事实真相。”
最后,法庭撤销了对沙尔贝勒指控。据专家称,录像中没有任何违法犯罪的倾向。
重获自由的沙尔贝勒说:“我恨透了摄像机,从此我再也不用摄像机了。”