Malik Hassan Allen

Introduction

Malik Hassan Allen is a 20-year-old Baltimore man facing more than a dozen criminal charges — including rape, assault and sex offenses — in two separate cases involving two 13-year-old girls, allegations that include fathering a child with one of them, according to court records. The case drew attention well beyond the charges themselves because of who his father is: Hassan Giordano, the chief of external affairs for the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office. Because of that conflict of interest, the Baltimore County State’s Attorney’s Office is prosecuting the cases even though the alleged crimes occurred in Baltimore City.

Background Information

Allen is the son of Hassan Giordano, a senior official in the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office who serves as its chief of external affairs — the division handling the office’s public face and community relations. Allen himself had no public profile before the charges became news; reporting has described him only by his age and residence in Baltimore. The alleged offenses date to 2025, when both girls were 13 years old, and the cases remained out of public view until charging documents were obtained by local reporters in September 2026.

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

Allegations. The claims in this section are allegations from charging documents and court records as reported by WBFF and CBS News Baltimore. Allen has been charged but not tried, and is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in court.

The first case stems from an encounter alleged to have occurred in May 2025, when Allen was accused of raping and assaulting a 13-year-old girl inside his Baltimore home, according to a second indictment reported by the New York Post. The second case involves another 13-year-old girl who alleged that Allen raped her in August 2025 while she was sleeping in the basement of her home. According to charging documents obtained by CBS News Baltimore, the girl told police that Allen woke her, forced himself on top of her while trying to kiss her and pull down her pants, and tightened his grip as she tried to fight him off. The alleged assault stopped, per the documents, when the girl’s brother began calling out Allen’s name, prompting him to quickly get dressed. While dressing, Allen allegedly told the girl that “something would happen to her” if she told anyone, according to the charging documents. The girl told her mother three days later and was taken to a hospital for testing; charging documents do not make clear how Allen and the girl knew each other.

Public Reaction and Consequences

Allen was arrested in June 2026 and has been held without bond since then, according to WBFF and CBS News Baltimore. In June, DNA testing confirmed that Allen is the biological father of a child born to one of the two girls, according to court records reviewed by the Baltimore Sun and cited by multiple outlets. The case became a story about institutions as much as a criminal case: because the defendant’s father is a senior employee of the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office, the city office immediately referred both prosecutions to Baltimore County to avoid a conflict of interest. “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,” city prosecutor spokesperson James Bentley said in a statement.

The conflict-of-interest arrangement drew wide attention when the story broke on September 22, 2026, with local coverage from WBFF, CBS News Baltimore and the Baltimore Sun, and national pickup from the New York Post the following day. The cases remain in Baltimore City Circuit Court but are being prosecuted by the Baltimore County State’s Attorney’s Office, with county police reported to be conducting the investigation. No public statement from Allen or an attorney for him appears in the reporting so far.

Current Status

As of September 24, 2026, Allen remains in custody without bond and is awaiting a pretrial conference scheduled for October 2026 (October 1 per the New York Post’s report of court records). He faces two counts of rape, two counts of assault and four other sex-related offenses across the two indictments, plus additional charges per WBFF’s count of “more than a dozen.” The Baltimore County State’s Attorney’s Office is prosecuting, and the paternity finding — a civil DNA result reported in court records — stands separately from the criminal charges, none of which have been adjudicated.

Impact on Their Career/Life

At 20 years old, Allen faces the prospect of a sentence measured in decades if convicted on the rape counts; he has already spent more than three months in custody without bond. The case has engulfed his father’s office in an avoidable-conflict controversy — Giordano has not been accused of any wrongdoing, but the prosecution his son faces is being run by a different county entirely because of their relationship. For the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office, the swift referral bought institutional protection at the cost of public attention to the family connection, and the October pretrial conference will determine whether the case proceeds toward trial.

Sources

New York Post, “Son of Baltimore official allegedly raped two 13-year-old girls,” September 23, 2026. source
CBS News Baltimore, “Son of top Baltimore State’s Attorney official accused of raping 2 teens, getting one pregnant,” September 23, 2026. source
WBFF (FOX Baltimore), “Baltimore official’s son accused of raping two 13-year-old girls,” September 22, 2026. source
X post by @nypost announcing the story, September 24, 2026. source