Lawyer Apologizes After Video Proves Trooper Did Not Commit Rape

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Source: CBS News

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A North Texas attorney has issued a formal apology after accusing a Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) trooper of sexually assaulting his female client.

Attorney Lee Merritt represents 37-year-old Sherita Dixon-Cole, who claimed she was sexually assaulted during a traffic stop in Ellis County. In a statement Merritt had leveled the accusations against Officer Daniel Hubbard saying that he had offered to let Dixon-Cole go in exchange for sexual favors and after being shunned “forcefully groped, fondled and vaginally penetrated during a prolonged arrest that included assaults outside and inside of the police vehicle.”

From the onset DPS officials denied the allegations and very late Tuesday night issued a statement, and nearly two hours of body cam footage, detailing the events of the May 20 traffic stop and subsequent DWI arrest of Dixon-Cole. The video, which was only blurred or muted to protect information that is confidential by state statute, shows that Trooper Hubbard did not make inappropriate comments and did not sexually assault Dixon-Cole.

Read more: http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2018/05/23/lawyer-apologizes-dash-cam-video-trooper-rape/

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I hope they charge this woman. Things like this hurt valid claims a LOT

[Hoyt]

1. That's what I like about these cameras. They think work both ways.

[flibbitygiblets]

2. Agreed 100%. The punishment should be as least the same as for an actual rapist.

Every time a false rape charge gets reported, it makes all women less safe. I hope they throw the f**king book at her.

[Snackshack]

3. Can she be charged for...

Doing this? Hopefully the answer is yes. As you mentioned this kind of thing really does hurt valid claims of abuse.

[rpannier]

7. If she filed a report the yes

Filing a false police report is a crime

[OnlinePoker]

4. And here's the response from Shaun King who blew this up without checking the facts

Not one fucking apology to the officer he helped smear, but he goes on later with a rant about police brutality which didn't exist in this case..

https://medium.com/ShaunKing/when-the-victim-you-fought-for-turns-out-to-be-the-victimizer-sherita-dixon-cole-and-the-painful-cec6ca8f3670

For some reason, full link won't come in so cut and paste if you want to see the story.

[The Polack MSgt]

5. If you remove the @ after .com, it will work

Don't know why Medium links do that, but it happened when I linked to a different article as well...

[OnlinePoker]

6. Thanks...worked well.

[oberliner]

8. Shaun King ought to apologize

[7962]

9. That'll never happen. He's out for himself.

Always has been. Still gets away with his fake past for some reason.

[oberliner]

10. What's his fake past?

[7962]

11. He's the male Rachel Dolezal

Claiming to be mixed race while providing no proof when asked by reporters.

[Tom Rinaldo]

12. Story's such as this can be cited to police departments that resist body cams

They help protect the innocent and reveal the guilty which is, after all, what law enforcement is supposedly all about. Police body cams should be mandatory.