International Family and Forensic Child Abuse Consultant Has Something to Say: Rights to Dean Tong 's New Book Offered Through Williams Agency

Dean Tong, internationally known family rights and forensic consultant on child abuse, domestic violence, and child custody cases, signed A Fathers Worst Nightmare: The Dean Tong Story" with Williams Agency, a literary and management agency in Kosciusko, Miss.

(PRWEB) February 14, 2004 --With National Child Abuse Awareness & Prevention Month fast approaching in April, Dean Tongs timing could not be better. Accused parents and attorneys from 40 states have retained Tong as a forensic consultant to map out winning strategies. His high-profile media consults include Michael Jackson, Kobe Bryant, Elian Gonzalez and Jon Benet Ramsay.

Tong, noted author and forensic legal consultant on divorce and custody issues (www.abuse-excuse.com), had it all: a wife, two children, med school, and a career. Then, facing a contentious divorce, he found himself confronted by an unsubstantiated complaint by his estranged wife that he had sexually abused his preschool-age daughter. After contesting the charges, he was arrested on a capital felony charge and jailed. He was barred from seeing his children for 14 months pending trial. The charges were later dismissed. Still, he was awarded only chaperoned visitation with his children for another 5 years.

Although Tong was innocent, it took a 10-year battle waged in six different courts to prove it. His quest to vindicate his name cost him $150,000 in attorneys, psychologists, polygraph and psychosexual testing. "Proving one's innocence requires a commitment to the truth," Tong said. "You must be willing to undergo a battery of psychological exams, hire competent counsel and impeach the credibility of your accuser."

Dean Tong is not alone. Each year, more than 3 million cases of suspected child abuse are reported to authorities. Studies by the Child Welfare League and American Enterprise Institute found that 60 to 70 percent of all child-abuse cases are false or unfounded. "Child abuse is the only crime for which police will file a police report without proof of a crime or naming the accuser," Tong said. "If we required the same concern for accuracy in reporting child abuse as other types of crimes, we would see far fewer innocent people falsely persecuted. More important, cases of actual abuse would be given the full attention they deserve and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."

As a forensic legal consultant, Tong provides a vehicle for equity to thousands of parents falsely accused of abuse. "We cannot guarantee justice for children who suffer at the hands of pedophiles and child abusers until we rid the system of false and unfounded allegations of abuse," Tong said. Tong qualifies as an expert in false abuse allegations under Florida Statute Ch. 90.702 and under Federal Rule of Evidence 702. He has also qualified and appeared as an expert witness in West Virginia and Iowa.

Tong has appeared on more than 2000 radio talk shows over the past 13 years and numerous TV programs, and in articles in the Boston Globe, Washington Times and Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, Christian Science Monitor, Richmond Times-Dispatch, and The Washington Post. Dean Tong appeared as a guest child abuse-custody expert on August 2, 1999 on COURT-TV (Johnny Cochran Tonight) and on Crier Live on September 30, 2002. Contributor to the recently published booklet LOVE & LOATHING: Protecting Your Mental Health and Legal Rights When Your Partner Has Borderline, Personality Disorder. Tong is a thrice-published author, penning Don't Blame Me, Daddy (Hampton Roads, 1992), ASHES to ASHES...Families to Dust (FamRights Press, 1997), and Elusive Innocence (Huntington House aka Alpha Publishing, 2002).

Tongs action in media consulting with such high-profile cases as Jackson and Bryant is an unrestrained look into the world of abuse. Commenting on recent cases, Tong says, At least I proved my innocence in a laboratory and in a court of law, not just in the court of public opinion like Jackson & Bryant less far. My story represents the transformation of a man who went from victim to victor, who took his pain and turned it into purpose. I have experienced Hell, and it took a lot of work to get to Heaven!"

About Williams Agency
A full service agency located in Mississippi. Sheri Williams, owner and agent, handles day-to-day operations with the assistance of associates Gayle Buske (Corporate Communications, Owner Gayle Buske Graphic Design Studio/Team Double Click, Lodi, Wisc.) and Rita Cook (Editor-in-Chief, Insider Magazine; Producer, North Hollywood, Calif.).