Progressive Los Angeles DA George Gascon has been sued more than dozen times by prosecutors in his own office. So far only one of those cases has gone to trial and Gascon lost. He was ordered to pay $1.5 million to the victim for retaliation after she opposed some his policies.
Unfortunately, none of the other cases will be going to trial before the next election but there is a hearing coming up in one of the cases. Prosecutor John Lewin, best known for handling the trial of Robert Durst, is trying to force Gascon to testify under oath in a deposition.
John Lewin, who prosecuted real estate heir-turned-killer Robert Durst, says he was demoted from a prestigious position handling cold case trials to a “calendar deputy” after he questioned the legality of some of his boss’s policies.
Now a motion to compel comes after Lewin’s lawyers say Gascon refused to show up for previously…
