LAS VEGAS: A Nevada man convicted of tried assault vaulted over a choose’s bench in a Las Vegas courtroom and attacked her as she was about to condemn him to jail, in chaotic scenes captured on courtroom video.
The violence unfolded in Clark County District Court docket on Wednesday (Jan 3) after Choose Mary Kay Holthus denied probation to Redden, 30, in a felony assault case and was making ready handy down a jail sentence.
Moments earlier than the assault, Redden had requested the courtroom for leniency, saying he didn’t deserve jail time.
Video reveals Redden leaping head-first over the choose’s bench as she tried to scramble out of the best way. Two males and a uniformed courtroom officer tackled and punched Redden, as he yelled expletives and hurled punches earlier than being dragged away.
Holthus regarded shocked as she emerged from behind the bench. She sustained accidents and was being monitored, a courtroom spokesperson advised the Las Vegas Overview-Journal. The character of her accidents weren’t specified.
A courtroom marshal was hospitalized after struggling non-life-threatening accidents, the Overview-Journal reported.
Court docket officers and attorneys concerned within the case weren’t instantly out there for remark.
Redden was in custody within the Clark County jail on Thursday. He faces a number of battery and intimidation of a public officer expenses associated to Wednesday’s assault, on-line jail information confirmed.
He was in courtroom on Wednesday for sentencing in a earlier case through which he pleaded responsible to 1 depend of tried battery with substantial bodily hurt.
Redden served jail time after he was discovered responsible of tried theft in 2019 after which in 2021 for home battery, on-line courtroom information confirmed.
