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$500,000 Settlement for California Jail Rape, Deputy Fired and Sentenced
Loaded on Oct. 1, 2021
published in Prison Legal News
October, 2021, page 59
A Ventura County, California jail deputy finds himself on the other side of the law after Superior Court Judge Gilbert Romero recently found him guilty of sexual misconduct with a female prisoner. The county of Ventura has paid $500,000 to settle a sexual assault lawsuit filed by the same former ...
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