A second top official has filed a lawsuit against Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva in connection with the leaked use-of-force video that showed a LASD deputy kneeling on a handcuffed inmate's head.
In the lawsuit, former Assistant Sheriff Robin Limon claims that Villanueva lied about when he found out about the incident and ordered a coverup. Limon alleges she gave Villanueva a DVD of the incident and watched it with him in March 2021. Villanueva says he didn't see it until November.eight months after it happened and took immediate action.
The lawsuit alleges Limon was given this ultimatum in retaliation "for being a whistleblower on several instances of illegal and other wrongful conduct and to further his [Villanueva] cover up of an excessive use of force incident." At a news conference last month, Villanueva conceded a criminal investigation should have been started immediately, concurrent with an administrative probe. He has insisted he did not see the video until November 2021, when he immediately ordered a criminal probe and Johnson to be relieved of duty.
Limon's lawsuit also alleges retaliation and other misconduct within the sheriff's department, going as far as to name Villanueva's wife, Vivian, as part of the problem.
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