Joseph Iniguez, chief of staff to Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón, has settled a lawsuit against the Azusa Police Department relating to his 2021 arrest for public intoxication.
One of Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón’s top aides settled a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Azusa Police Department this week, following hisWhile the terms of the settlement between the department and Joseph Iniguez, who serves as Gascón’s chief of staff, were not immediately made public, court records show a notice of settlement was entered on Wednesday.
The couple, now married, were returning from another prosecutor’s wedding, and police ultimately found that Iniguez’s fiance’s blood-alcohol content was below the legal limit. Iniguez was initially arrested for public intoxication, but jail records show he was held under a statute that allows police to detain a person suspected of being under the influence of drugs or alcohol when there are insufficient grounds for criminal charges.
A criminal case against Iniguez was ultimately referred to the California attorney general’s office, but state prosecutors never pursued any charges against him, and the statute of limitations on any possible misdemeanor conduct ran out last December.
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