Woman Accused of Molesting Sons

A Burbank woman who directs the Glendale Bar Assn.’s Lawyer Referral Service has been charged with sexually molesting her three young sons.

Kathleen Bond, 38, faces nine felony counts of child molestation that prosecutors say occurred between September, 1985, and last December.

Bond, director of a nonprofit service that makes referrals for low-cost legal assistance, is expected to surrender April 4 for her arraignment in Burbank Municipal Court.

If convicted, she could face up to 24 years in prison.

The charges were filed last Wednesday after an investigation by Burbank police. Authorities were alerted in December after the eldest boy reported the alleged incidents to his father, Michael Bond, who is divorced from Kathleen Bond, said Deputy Dist. Atty. Mark Collier.

Collier said all three boys told him they had been sexually molested by their mother. But he said he had no physical evidence of molestation and would not describe what kind of acts allegedly occurred, referring to them only as fondling and “lewd conduct.”

Donald Klahs, who is representing Kathleen Bond, said Tuesday the allegations were false and attributed them to the tumultuous climate of the Bonds’ divorce.

Most of the alleged incidents reportedly occurred while Michael, 39, and Kathleen Bond were still married and living together. The couple separated last February and filed for divorce last March, court records show.

Michael Bond, a Burbank tax attorney, initially took custody of the two oldest boys and the youngest stayed with his mother. But the third child was turned over to his father’s care in December after police began investigating the alleged molestations, according to court records.