HOUSTON A Spain foreign exchange student who resided in Harris County when he was 15 and 16-years old, is suing his former host parent who was charged with sexually abusing him.
R.A.M. filed a complaint April 5 in Harris County District Court against Hayim Nissim Cohen alleging sexual assault and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
R.A.M., is a 17-year old male who applied with Estudiar en USA for placement in the U.S. as a foreign exchange student. He alleges that after being placed in Cohen s home, who was serving as a host parent, he suffered sexual abuse and assault by Cohen and that Cohen engaged in sexually explicit conduct with him including forcing him to get into Cohen s bed. R.A.M. further alleges that from September 2018 through April 2019, when he was 15 and 16-years old, he was forced to touch Cohen s genitals.