Former correctional deputy, now serving a five-year prison sentence, is accused of using his position of authority to extract sexual favors from women on house arrest.
Attorney Denisse O. Gastelum stands outside U.S. District Court in Riverside on Thursday, March 28 during a news conference announcing the filing of seven lawsuits against Riverside County and the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department on behalf of seven women who alleged they were sexually abused and/or exploited by former correctional deputy Christian Heidecker, who was sentenced earlier this month to five years in prison, and that the county paid them “hush money” to silence them .
But when Heidecker was caught, the suits allege, the Sheriff’s Department “concocted a plan to cover up the sexual abuse and to prevent the public from hearing the victims’ accounts” of what happened to them. Attorney Denisse O. Gastelum, left, and attorney Christian Contreras, second from left, with two unnamed women who allege they are victims of former Riverside County correctional Deputy Christian Heidecker, stand outside U.S. District Court in Riverside on Thursday, March 28. They announced the filing of seven lawsuits against Riverside County and the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. “So what do they do during these 15 days? Two women, no less, attorney Roggeveen and Sgt.
Riverside County spokesperson Brooke Federico said in an email Thursday that it is not uncommon to seek settlement prior to litigation to avoid the time and expense for both sides associated with lawsuits. “We’re here fighting for justice for these victims. We’re here filing these civil rights lawsuits because we know the county is not going to do anything about this,” he said. “They’re going to sweep this under the rug and they’re not going to make any reforms or changes within this department, and it will happen again.
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