According to a forthcoming lawsuit from Los Angeles Department of Power and Water employee Ricardo Acosta.
allegedly berated a Los Angeles municipal worker who blocked his driveway, threatening to shoot the man if he did not move his “f****** truck out of the way.”, from L.A. Department of Power and Water employee Ricardo Acosta. The Daily Beast has contacted Mathis’s attorney for comment.
According to TMZ, Acosta says he was doing work outside Mathis’s home in July 2023 when the judge confronted him. Mathis—who spent apresiding over daytime television courtrooms—was allegedly trying to exit his driveway and couldn’t get around Acosta’s dump truck.The city worker says Mathis got out of his car and started screaming swear words at him.
TMZ says Acosta is asking for damages for alleged assault and infliction of emotional distress, though the lawsuit hasn’t been officially filed. In a statement to the tabloid, Mathis’s lawyer, Anahita Sedaghatfar said the suit was full of “demonstrable falsities.” She also suggested it was Acosta who had threatened her client, putting him in fear “for his own safety and the safety of his family.”
“This unfiled complaint that has been conveniently publicly circulated is a last ditch attempt by Mr. Acosta to extort my client Judge Mathis, for financial gain,” she said. “Should Mr. Acosta pursue this lawsuit, we will not only vigorously defend the case, we will file cross claims against Mr. Acosta for his illegal conduct and repeated defamation of my client.”
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