American court official fired after video of woman complaining of assault goes viral

Lawless Las Vegas again

A highly disturbing video of court officials seemingly abusing their positions in Clark County, Nevada has gone viral after being aired on a Las Vegas TV station.

The clip features a 28-year-old woman Monica Contreras who appeared in the Clark County family court in August 2011, accompanied by her two year old daughter for a routine divorce hearing.

During the tape Mrs Contreras alleges that a marshall of the court, Ron Fox, fondled her buttocks and breasts and ordered her to lift up her shirt after she was taken into a side room for a drugs search.

When she returned to the open court, she complained to the woman judge Patricia Donninger, saying she felt uncomfortable and “offended” by the search, and that a female office had not been present.

As she complains, the marshall orders another court official to arrest and handcuff Mrs Contreras for making “false allegations” against an officer of the court.

Mrs Contreras then begs for mercy and asks to be allowed to go but, amazingly, the judge takes no notice of her pleas, and continues to ignore the crying woman, occupying herself playing with the woman’s daughter up on the judge’s dais.

Under duress, Mrs Contreras offers to take back her complaint - “Let me go please, let me go, it was all lies,” she pleads, crying but when she is ordered to a court microphone to formally recant, she refuses and again repeats her allegations and complaint.

She is then handcuffed while she screams at the female judge “How could you do this to me? How could you watch?” Her daughter then begs the court officer 'Sir, don’t take momma’, but the woman is led away to jail and the child taken into temporary custody.

Two months later, Contreras filed a complaint with Clark County Court Marshal Internal Affairs, according to the report on KLAS-TV Las Vegas.

After a six-month investigation into her complaint, the Marshall, Ron Fox, was sacked while other court marshals are reportedly being investigated as well for attempting to cover up incident. Mr Fox reportedly maintains his innocence and is suing Clark County for wrongful dismissal.

Original report here




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