今年1月,这名男子因跳过内华达州拉斯维加斯的法庭长凳并袭击首席法官而走红网络,他将于本周返回法庭接受审判,陪审团的选择将于周二开始。
根据克拉克县的记录,31岁的Deobra Redden因袭击法官Mary Kay Holthus而面临九项指控,包括殴打一名受保护的人导致严重的身体伤害和企图谋杀一名60岁或以上的受害者。
袭击发生时,Holthus正准备对他试图殴打的案件中的Redden进行判决,他跳过长凳,将她从椅子上扑倒。
录像从事件显示,雷登反复殴打法官,同时大喊脏话。
Holthus在逮捕报告中称,Redden将她的头撞在墙上,并拔掉了一些头发。
此外,据报道,两名法警因恐慌警报而被送往错误的法庭,延长了袭击时间。
在接受“”采访时早安美国今年1月,当时27岁的律师助理迈克尔·拉索介入帮助霍尔特斯,他说:“这是你在法庭上通常不会看到的。"
“我只是震惊,只是做出了反应,”拉索当时说,他因立即行动而被誉为“英雄”。
“我甚至不愿去想如果我不在那里会发生什么,”拉索补充道。
他的律师卡尔·阿诺德(Carl Arnold)在听证会上表示,在8月份的传讯中,雷登以精神错乱为由拒不认罪,他的辩护律师称,他患有偏执型精神分裂症,处于“妄想状态”。
阿诺德声称,雷登在听证会前没有服药。“所以基本上,他失去了理智,无法控制自己在做什么,”阿诺德当时说。
根据记录,雷登之前有三次重罪定罪,目前正在服刑,因为最初的试图殴打指控导致了1月的听证会。
Man who leaped over bench and attacked judge heading to trial
The man who went viral in January for leaping over a Las Vegas, Nevada, courtroom bench and attacking the presiding judge is set to return to court for trial this week, with jury selection beginning Tuesday.
Deobra Redden, 31, is facing nine charges for assaulting Judge Mary Kay Holthus, including battery on a protected person resulting in substantial bodily harm and attempted murder of a victim 60 years of age or older, according to Clark County records.
At the time of the attack, Holthus was preparing to deliver Redden's sentence in his attempted battery case when he leaped over the bench and tackled her off her chair.
Videofrom the incident shows Redden repeatedly punching the judge while yelling expletives.
Holthus stated in the arrest report that Redden slammed her head against the wall and pulled some of her hair out.
Additionally, two marshals who were alerted to the incident by a panic alarm were sent to the wrong courtroom, prolonging the attack, according to the report.
In an interview with "Good Morning America" in January, Michael Lasso, the then 27-year-old law clerk who stepped in to help Holthus, said "this was something you usually don't see in court."
"I was just in shock and just reacted," Lasso, who was hailed as a "hero" for jumping into action, said at the time.
"I don't even want to think about what could have happened if I wasn't there," Lasso added.
During his arraignment in August, Redden pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity with his defense arguing he suffers from paranoid schizophrenia and was in a "delusional state," his attorney, Carl Arnold, said during the hearing.
Arnold alleged that Redden was not taking medication leading up to the day of the hearing. "So basically, he was out of his mind and not in control of what he was doing," Arnold said at the time.
Redden has three prior felony convictions and is currently serving a prison sentence for the original attempted battery charge that led to January's hearing, according to records.