Police say complaints of the alleged child abuse were reported to Azimi in October 2019, but the complaints allegedly were not subsequently reported to child protective services or authorities, which is required by law.
"I created them with strength, with a lot of flow and a lot of movement," he says. "But I wanted strength to come through that because I think she's an incredibly strong human being."
Tiny, Gaithersburg-based vaccine development company Novavax has drawn global attention and a $1.6 billion federal investment for the potential COVID-19 vaccine it now has in Phase Two clinical trial.