A Las Vegas judge who was violently assaulted by a convicted felon who pounced on her “Superman” style during a sentencing hearing last month broke his silence and said he was “absolutely going to get rid of me.” Ta.
Clark County District Court Judge Mary Kay Holthus was the first to be called to the grand jury trial of Deobra Redden on attempted murder charges after 62-year-old Deobra Redden was attacked in her courtroom on Jan. 3. He became a witness.
Ms. Holthus recalled that Mr. Redden told her about “everything he had ever done” and his plans to get a job and become a “different person,” while according to her recorded testimony. , said the defendant was “very calm” Fox5 Las Vegas gets it from February. 7.
The judge recalled that as he was trying to tell Redden that he would be denied parole after being found guilty of attempted assault with serious bodily harm, he signaled to the court sheriff to prepare for sentencing.
At the time, Redden’s attorney had asked for his client to be released on parole, but Holthus believed more punitive measures were needed, noting that the convicted felon was a repeat offender.
“I think it’s time for him to try something different because I can’t do it with his background,” the judge said before Redden launched into his high-profile assault on the judge.
“The next thing I know, he literally flew over the guard and before I could even think, he just slammed me into the wall,” Holthus added. “I don’t know what hit where.”
Mr Holthus said he was not expecting the attack as it was “incredibly fast”, but recalled slamming his head against a marble wall, causing injuries that still show “lumps and bruises”.
She also said Redden grabbed her by the hair at one point and “threw her backwards,” before holding her unborn child while she lay “in complete terror” as other court staff intervened. I also remember curling up in a position like that.
The judge later described her attacker as being very strong and easily able to bunny hop across a bench that was about 4 feet high.
Ms. Holthus also expressed her gratitude to the marshals and law clerks. Because she feels that without them she would not have survived her attack.
“If it wasn’t for them, I wouldn’t be here,” Holthus said. “He was no match for me. He was completely taking me out.”
“If it was just me, I wouldn’t have survived being hit in the head so many times. It’s obvious what we’re going to do. So I’m very grateful.”
During her testimony, Holthus told the grand jury about the injuries she sustained in the attack, some of which she is still treating a month later.
Redden, whose family said he had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, was in front of Holthus a week after the attack, shackled and in a spit mask, flanked by two police officers.
He was sentenced to four years in prison on a 2023 attempted battery charge.
In addition to attempted murder of an elderly person, Redden was also charged with threatening a public servant with force, extortion, and disregard for the safety of a person resulting in great bodily harm, according to court documents.
He is scheduled to be arraigned in the grand jury case on February 29th.
