Greene

I. FACTS & PROCEDURAL HISTORY

A. FACTUAL BACKGROUND

Nimrod Greene (“Nimrod”) was arrested on February 12, 2003, for suspected sexual abuse of F.S., a seven-year old boy. Nimrod’s arrest was based on statements made by F.S. to his parents and similar statements later made to investiga- tors, all alleging that Nimrod had touched F.S.’s penis over his jeans when Nimrod was drunk in F.S.’s parents’ home. F.S. reported that Nimrod had done this to him once before. In addition, F.S.’s mother told officers that Sarah, Nimrod’s wife, “had talked to her about how she doesn’t like the way Nimrod makes [their daughters, S.G. and K.G.,] sleep in his GREENE v. CAMRETA 16301 bed when he is intoxicated and she doesn’t like the way he acts when they are sitting on his lap.” Along the same lines, F.S.’s father told officers that:

Nimrod himself has made some type of prior com- ment about how his wife Sarah was accusing him of molesting his daughters and Sarah reportedly doesn’t like the girls laying in bed with Nimrod when he has been drinking. [F.S.’s father] said neither he nor his wife [ ] have any direct knowledge of abuse at the Greene home, but this type of comment…