Defendant Who Attacked Judge Appears in Court Lookin' Like Hannibal Lecter
Updated as of 1/8/2024 at 3:30 p.m. ET
Sheesh, eyes wide with his face hidden underneath a full mesh mask resembling a dog-muzzle and in restraint gloves, Deobra Redden was escorted in the courtroom by six court officers to finally receive his sentencing after violently interrupting his previous hearing.
Redden, 30, was facing sentencing for attempted battery with substantial bodily harm last week, per court records. In video footage of the hearing, he begged Clark County District Court Judge Mary Kay Holthus for mercy, insisting he didn’t deserve to return to prison, per 8 News Now.
However, his track record of felonies left the judge unconvinced. When she denied Redden’s plea for probation, he completely lost it and leaped over the bench to attack her.
The report says Redden slammed the judge’s head against the wall, struck her and pulled some of her hair out. She hid herself under the desk while a law clerk and several court officers tried to handle Redden. Police said Holthus was treated at the justice center and then later brought to the hospital by a family member.
Holthus returned to work the following day and was present Monday to finish what she started before the incident.
“I want to make it clear that I am not changing or modifying the sentence I was in the process of imposing last week before I was interrupted by the defendant’s actions,” said Holthus.
She sentenced Redden to 19 to 48 months in prison, per the Las Vegas Review-Journal. There were no outbursts or even muffling under the breath. Redden took his sentence and was escorted back out the courtroom following the less than five-minute hearing.
After Redden’s Outburst
After supermanning himself across the room, new court documents revealed that Redden kept talking junk immediately after the attack.
Read what happened next from Daily Mail:
It comes after he admitted he tried to kill Judge Holthus because he was having a ‘bad day’, according to court documents viewed by KLAS. Redden will not have any interactions with other inmates and will eat alone inside his cell with extremely limited outside time while in solitary confinement.He told correction officers ‘Judge has it out for me,’ after he was detained following the outburst, court documents state. The felon allegedly added: ‘Judge is evil,’ before he apologized to the officers.‘I’m sorry you guys had to see that,’ he said before reportedly asking another officer if what he did was wrong. He allegedly spat in a corrections officer’s face while still inside the courthouse following the incident.
Redden is due back in court Monday after refusing to go back in front of another judge immediately following the incident, the report said. He is to be sentenced on the original felony for which he was initially in court. However, court records show he faces an additional 13 counts in connection to the incident, including battery on a protected person, disregard for safety of persons and coercion with force.
