Bethany Farber was stopped from boarding her flight by TSA agents and held without bail at an L.A. jail last year, her lawsuit says.
A woman who alleges she was wrongfully arrested and jailed for 13 days last year on a warrant out of Texas for a woman who shares her name is suing police and the city of Los Angeles.
Officers took her to Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, where Los Angeles police officers booked her, the lawsuit alleges.“This was an experience that no one should go through, especially a law-abiding citizen,” Farber said in a statement. “You know this is why we have our [constitutional] amendments in place to protect us. We shouldn’t be fearing law enforcement.”Andre Lepere was convicted of murdering 79-year-old Viola Hagenkord in her Anaheim apartment in 1980.
Farber “and this other woman had nothing in common besides their name,” the lawsuit states. She “is a young woman with long, blonde hair, while the other woman is older with short brown hair.” Before Farber’s arrest, her grandmother was “a healthy and lively ninety year old woman,” according to the suit. The two were very close, and Farber suffered “extreme emotional distress, anxiety, and mental anguish when she found out her grandmother had a stroke.”The county remains out of compliance with the settlement’s main requirements: ensuring inmates with serious mental illnesses receive regular treatment, out-of-cell time and safe housing.
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