The California Supreme Court fds that Kenh Gay had an petent fense attorney when he was nvicted and sentenced to ath for killg LAPD Officer Pl Verna Lakeview Terrace 1983.
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- FORMER CALIFORNIA COP WHO SUED OVER ANTIGAY ABE WS $2.2 MILLN
- FORMER CHP OFFICER WHO SUED OVER ANTI-GAY HARASSMENT WS $2.2 LN SETTLEMENT
- GAY MAN SUG CHP FOR DISCRIMATN WS APPEAL
- GAY CHP OFFICER MAY HAVE BEEN CONSTCTIVELY TERMATED
FORMER CALIFORNIA COP WHO SUED OVER ANTIGAY ABE WS $2.2 MILLN
Jay Brome, a 20-year veteran of the California Highway Patrol who left his job over what he said was nstant anti-gay bullyg, has settled his lawsu for $2.2 ln. * gay chp *
2 ln a lawsu he brought agast the CHP, sayg his workers ma his life on the job miserable bee he’s was a CHP officer om 1996 until 2015, when he took medil leave due to the strs of the homophobia he enuntered. “There was bullyg or name-llg — ‘fag, ’ ‘gay, ’’’ Brome told The Sacramento Bee 2018. ”At one pot at the amy, acrdg to his lawsu, a fellow t aimed a trag gun at his head and said, “I know you’re gay, tell me you’re gay or I’ll pull the trigger.
”“I am so happy for Jay Brome, ” one of his attorneys, Gay Gnfeld, said the story. Five years after a former California Highway Patrol officer sued the agency allegg he was driven out of his job bee he was gay, the CHP has settled the lawsu for $2. “I am so happy for Jay Brome, ” Gay Gnfeld said.
”The CHP cled ment on the spent two years tryg to get to the CHP Amy, and said a 2019 terview wh The Sacramento Bee that he faced discrimatn and bullyg almost immediately after begng his was subjected to ts llg him “fag” or “gay, ” and said one stctor told him “to take my skirt off and start actg like a man.
FORMER CHP OFFICER WHO SUED OVER ANTI-GAY HARASSMENT WS $2.2 LN SETTLEMENT
Stanley is straight, but told The Bee 2019 that other officers who took a dislike to him portrayed him as gay by postg photos a sergeant’s office, cludg one wh his face pasted over a nu photo of Demi Moore that appeared on the ver of Vany Fair when she was pregnant.
“They’re the equivalent of the Catholic church, where they ny everythg, ” said Stanley, whose lawsu was ultimately the legal fight, the Natnal Center for Lbian Rights and five other groups filed a brief tailg “the history of homophobia law enforcement and ongog effect homophobia has on law-enforcement agenci throughout California and across the untry. ” Gnfeld said she still is wag for the CHP to turn over emails sought through public rerds act requts, but add that the agency dited had found 83, 000 hs for emails ntag phras like “gay pri, ” “homophobia, ” “Demi Moore” and others.
2 ln a lawsu he brought agast the CHP, sayg his workers ma his life on the job miserable bee he's was a CHP officer om 1996 until 2015, when he took medil leave due to the strs of the homophobia he enuntered. "There was bullyg or name-llg -- 'fag, ' 'gay, ''' Brome told The Sacramento Bee 2018.
GAY MAN SUG CHP FOR DISCRIMATN WS APPEAL
"At one pot at the amy, acrdg to his lawsu, a fellow t aimed a trag gun at his head and said, "I know you're gay, tell me you're gay or I'll pull the trigger. ""I am so happy for Jay Brome, " one of his attorneys, Gay Gnfeld, said the story.
Could Kelly Ripa be pullg an Erika Jayne where she’s “givg the gays what they want“? The California Supreme Court cid unanimoly Thursday to overturn a man’s nvictn the killg of an LAPD officer 37 years ago durg a traffic state high urt, cg extensive evince that the fense lawyer for Kenh Earl Gay was petent, reversed the nvictn that sent Gay to ath row Officer Pl Verna’s killg on the eveng of June 2, 1983, Lake View Terrace. Gay’s se has bounced between the lower urts and the California Supreme Court for years.
Shn, who was later disbarred and has sce died, lied to get Gay’s se, evince showed, unseled the fendant to adm to crimatg evince and failed to troduce evince that might have persuad a jury to acqu him or spare his life. Both Gay and a -fendant, Raynard Cummgs, were passengers the stolen r stopped by motorcycle officer Verna. “We nnot say Gay’s murr nvictn was the product of a tstworthy adversarial procs, ” Jtice Leondra R.
GAY CHP OFFICER MAY HAVE BEEN CONSTCTIVELY TERMATED
“Defense unsel obtaed appotment to reprent Gay through d, unseled him to make damagg nfsns to the prosecutn...
And failed to nduct a timely vtigatn to available ttimony om eyewns who would have exculpated Gay and peace officers who would have culpated Gay’s -fendant. Prosecutors argued that Cummgs fired the first shot at Verna before passg the gun to Gay, who fired five bullets.
Durg his retrial, wns ttified that Gay had prevly robbed and beaten them, and a former girliend told the urt he firebombed her fay’s Angel prosecutors will now ci whether to retry Gay, 60. While on ath row, Gay wrote a screenplay, “A Children’s Story, ” which won an Amerin Film Instute ntt 1994. Actor Ed Asner, a judge for the ntt, ttified on behalf of Gay durg his, the disbarred lawyer, also was the attorney for Manson “fay” member San Atks, who was nvicted of participatg eight murrs and died prison 2009.