Malik Hassan Allen, 20, faces rape, assault, and sex abuse charges involving two 13-year-old girls, and DNA confirmed he fathered a child with one of them, raising sharp questions about accountability inside the Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office where his father holds a senior post.
Allen was arrested and held without bond after prosecutors say he raped two girls, both 13, in separate incidents in May and August 2025. A bail review sheet dated June 17 revealed that one of the girls gave birth, and DNA analysis confirmed Allen as the biological father, the New York Post reported.
His father, Hassan Giordano, serves as chief of external affairs for the Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office, the very office that would normally prosecute a case like this. That connection forced the city prosecutor's office to hand the case to Baltimore County, where a second indictment has now been filed and a pretrial conference is set for October 1.
Charging documents paint a disturbing picture of the August 2025 incident. Prosecutors say Allen jumped on top of a sleeping 13-year-old girl in a basement, forcibly removed her clothes, and sexually assaulted her. During the attack, he allegedly placed his hands around the teen's neck, causing her to nearly pass out.
The assault stopped only when the victim's brother called Allen's name from elsewhere in the house. Allen then allegedly threatened the girl, telling her "something would happen to her" if she reported what he had done, prosecutors say. The girl's mother later reported the alleged rape to authorities in August 2025.
Allen now faces charges of rape, assault, and sex abuse. A second indictment stems from what prosecutors describe as two separate encounters inside Allen's Baltimore home. He remains held without bond.
The Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office acknowledged the obvious problem: the accused is the son of one of its own senior officials. James Bentley, a spokesperson for the office, told the Baltimore Sun that the referral happened promptly.
"When our office learned of the allegations, it immediately referred the matter to the Baltimore County State's Attorney's Office because of the potential conflict, so that they could conduct their own investigation."
That statement raises as many questions as it answers. Bentley did not say when the office first learned of the allegations, how long Giordano had been aware of the accusations against his son, or whether Giordano played any role, however indirect, before the referral. The elder Giordano has made no public statement about the charges.
Baltimore County prosecutors are now handling the case independently.
The facts already established are grim enough. A 20-year-old man stands accused of raping two 13-year-old girls over the span of a few months. One of those girls became pregnant and gave birth. DNA tied Allen to the child. Prosecutors say he used physical violence and threats to keep at least one victim from speaking up.
And the accused happens to be the son of a senior figure in the local prosecutor's office, the office whose entire mission is to hold people accountable for exactly this kind of crime. The conflict-of-interest referral was the bare minimum. Whether the office acted quickly enough, and whether Giordano's position created any delay or complication before the handoff, remain open questions that no one in Baltimore City government has answered.
Several basic facts are still unclear. Which girl gave birth to the child? Did the May and August incidents involve the same victim or different victims? How did Allen know the two girls? None of these details have been made public.
Allen's pretrial conference is scheduled for October 1. He remains behind bars without bond, a decision that, given the charges, the alleged threats, and the age of the victims, speaks for itself.
When the people paid to enforce the law have to step aside because the accused is one of their own, the public deserves more than a two-sentence statement and silence from the official whose name is on the conflict.
