An Oklahoma attorney who recently won a $3,144,000 judgment against the Public Service Company of Oklahoma will represent a woman who is suing Barton County Sheriff Mitchell Shaw and former jailer Antonio Azua claiming she was sexually harassed and then raped when she was a prisoner in the Barton County Jail.
The woman's attorney of record, Bill Fleischaker of Joplin, filed a motion today in U. S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri, saying that McAlester, Oklahoma lawyer Jeremy Beaver (top photo) of the law firm of Gotcher-Beaver would be handling the case and asking that Beaver be admitted to the court.
Fleischaker will continue to be involved in the case, accepting all court papers as required by law.
The lawsuit alleges deplorable conditions for female prisoners, lax oversight and poor training of jailers by Shaw and claims the sheriff refused to provide documents and records to Fleischaker, even though all of the documents are open records under the Missouri Sunshine Law.
Azua's trial on a felony rape charge stemming from his alleged actions with the former prisoner, is scheduled to begin February 1, 2021 in Barton County Circuit Court.
For more information on the lawsuit, go to this link.
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I don’t know her but I believe her.
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