The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office has declined to file criminal charges against former Santa Clara City Councilman Dominic Caserta, citing “insufficient evidence” of wrongdoing.
“After a thorough review and legal analysis of Dominic Caserta’s behavior toward a number of girls and women in recent years, our office has concluded that there is insufficient evidence to file criminal charges,” said Assistant District Attorney Terry Harman in a statement Thursday. “However, crime or not, it is unacceptable to treat women with anything less than respect and dignity.”
Caserta was accused of inappropriate behavior by nearly a dozen women, many of them former students of his from Santa Clara High School. The allegations, which were first leaked inadvertently to school district staff in May, forced Caserta to resign from his seat on the City Council and suspend his campaign for the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors.
Caserta remains on paid leave from his teaching job.