“I Refuse to Be an Unseen Victim”: Breanna Donovan Speaks Out Against Alleged Childhood Assault

The victim of alleged child sexual assault at the hands of attorney and businessman Aneudy Gonzalez, revealed her identity, saying she was choosing to speak out and refuses “to become an unseen victim.”

“For years my voice was quiet, not because my truth was small, but because it was unheard,” said 23-year-old city resident Breanna Donovan outside of Fall River Justice Center on Thursday.

Donovan’s aunt, Desirae Vieira, 36, of Fall River, also shared her experiences with Gonzalez, and at times, getting emotional, explained that she had a on-again-off-again relationship for nine years starting when she was just 15 and he was 24 years old.

“I gave birth to our daughter in 2012 and a couple of year’s later we separated. In 2017, there was a report filed with DCF (Department of Children and Families) and my daughter participated in a forensic interview. Unfortunately, no disclosures were made by my daughter,” said Vieira.

“I am standing her today to show support for this cause and to see justice for the victims,” said Vieira.

Gonzalez, 45, formerly a Fall River resident, now of Boca Raton, Florida, is facing criminal charges for allegedly sexually assaulting Donovan around 2013 and 2014 when she was in sixth grade and while he was attending the University of Massachusetts School of Law.

A second sexual assault allegedly occurred when Donnovan was around 14 or 15 years old, according to police reports.

Donovan reported the two alleged child sexual assaults in 2017 to her mother who, and along with Vieira, filed complaints. Officers from the FRPD Major Crimes Division investigated the accusations, according to a 2017 police report.

Both Donovan and Vieira’s daughter were the subject of forensic interviews with the Children’s Advocacy Center in Fall River during the investigations.

Donovan disclosed the alleged abuse during her interview.

The case was forwarded to the Bristol County District Attorney’s office in 2017, but Donovan’s case was never pursued under DA Thomas Quinn III, who is not seeking another term which ends the end of this year.

The case was revisited in 2025, and Gonzalez was extradited from Florida in May and arraigned on several counts of indecent assault and battery, inducing a minor for sexual intercourse and aggravated rape of a child.

In October, Bristol Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Czapiga told the judge that the DA’s office has downgraded the most severe charge, statutory aggravated rape of a child, to a count of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14.

Gonzalez is the founder of the Fall River-based Mass Care Link, which provides elder care services, and a number of development properties in Boca Raton. 

He has been free on $10,000 cash bail since May and is being defended by former Bristol County District Attorney C. Sam Sutter.

Gonzalez was restricted to staying in Massachusetts as part of his release agreement, but granted a motion to travel to Florida for 20 days to tend to business matters and attend an international law conference

Gonzalez other biological daughter is also fighting for justice

Since last September, Aleciana Gonzalez, along with her family supporters, have taken to public protests against the Bristol County DA’s office, asking that her alleged rape by her biological father when she was four years old, be reinvestigated and prosecuted.

Aleciana Gonzalez, now 23 and a teacher at B.M.C. Durfee High School, and her mother Alecia Ward, first reported the alleged child rape to police and DCF, and again late last year, when they discovered Gonzalez was being prosecuted in Donovan’s case by the Bristol County DA.

Both times, the Bristol County District Attorney’s office declined to take on the young woman’s case and has denied her request to release a recording of her forensic interview with DCF that occurred around 2006 when she first reported the assault to Ward.

On Thursday, both Aleciana Gonzalez and Ward flanked Donovan and Vieira, in support of their public reveal.

Gonzalez was scheduled to appear at a motion hearing on April 28, but Sutter was granted an extension on Wednesday by a District Court judge to May 28 for more time to prepare his motion to dismiss the case.