Another woman who says Officer James Roberts III sexually assaulted her has filed a Huntington Beach injury claim against the city. Aileen Mignosa says she is an ex-girlfriend of the cop.
In her Orange County, California injury claim, the 27-year-old woman says that she suffered physical injury and emotional distress because Roberts, 33, had verbally, physically, and sexually assaulting her. She is accusing the city of Huntington Beach, its police chief, and a number of cops of trying to cover up the alleged sex abuse. She also claims that the Huntington Beach Police Department and 911 did not respond appropriately to her calls and did not discipline Roberts.
Last November, Roberts's ex-wife, Shannon Roberts, filed a Huntington Beach personal injury lawsuit against the city's police department, Police Chief Ken Small, James Roberts III, his supervisor (who also happens to be his relative), and another cop. Shannon claims that the police department and the cops named as defendants conspired to cover up the sex abuse.
Shannon says that her husband, who she was separated from at the time, began abusing her in June 2007. She says she filed for divorce and moved out of the state to avoid him. While she was away, she says that her husband used a propane tank to destroy personal belonging and furniture.
She also claims that he physically attacked her in front of her son and later raped her during a jealous fit. Shannon says that calls to 911 and police were dealt with in a manner that protected her husband instead of her.
Roberts, who is on paid administrative leave, has now been charged in connection with the alleged attacks against his ex-wife and ex-girlfriend. The initial 17 criminal charges against him included threats, aggravated assault, false imprisonment, domestic battery, vandalism, and dissuading a witness by force. Prosecutors also recently charged him with sodomy by force, spousal rape by force, ad forcible rape.
Not only can you sue for Orange County, California police brutality, but you also can file a personal injury complaint against a police officer and/or his/her police department if police negligence contributed to your injuries or a loved one's death.
Second woman claims abuse by officer, Huntington Beach Independent, March 18, 2010
Police officer accused of sex assaults, OC Register, March 18, 2010
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