JUDGE SAYS GIRL CAN'T HAVE CARNEY RECORDS.PALMDALE - A teen-age girl who is suing former Councilman Kevin Carney in civil court, claiming he molested mo·lest tr.v. mo·lest·ed, mo·lest·ing, mo·lests 1. To disturb, interfere with, or annoy. 2. To subject to unwanted or improper sexual activity. her, cannot gain access to his Sheriff's Department personnel records, a judge has ruled. Carney, a retired sheriff's sergeant who was acquitted in criminal court last year of molestation molestation n. the crime of sexual acts with children up to the age of 18, including touching of private parts, exposure of genitalia, taking of pornographic pictures, rape, inducement of sexual acts with the molester or with other children, and variations of these charges, fought the release of his records, saying they were irrelevant to the girl's accusations. ``The judge ruled there was nothing there to be released, therefore the motion for a protective order has been granted, and the documents will not be released,'' said David Pillemer, Carney's attorney. Carney was acquitted Nov. 2 by a Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Superior Court jury of four child molestation Child molestation is a crime involving a range of indecent or sexual activities between an adult and a child, usually under the age of 14. In psychiatric terms, these acts are sometimes known as pedophilia. counts pertaining per·tain intr.v. per·tained, per·tain·ing, per·tains 1. To have reference; relate: evidence that pertains to the accident. 2. to two girls. The panel deadlocked dead·lock n. 1. A standstill resulting from the opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions. 2. Sports A tied score. 3. 11-1 in favor of finding him not guilty on 12 charges involving two other girls, including the teen-ager who is suing him. A month later, a judge dismissed the remaining charges after prosecutors said they did not believe a second trial would result in a conviction. Carney worked for the Sheriff's Department for 23 years before his arrest in November 1999. After his arrest, he retired and also resigned his council post. Attorneys representing the girl and her mother could not be reached Tuesday for comment. Carney was sued by the girl before the criminal trial concluded. In a counterclaim A claim by a defendant opposing the claim of the plaintiff and seeking some relief from the plaintiff for the defendant. A counterclaim contains assertions that the defendant could have made by starting a lawsuit if the plaintiff had not already begun the action. filed in March as a part of that lawsuit, Carney asked for unspecified damages from a physician and a nurse-practitioner who testified against him in the criminal trial. Carney is seeking damages as well as asking to be indemnified by the defendants for any liabilities and expenses incurred in connection with the girl's lawsuit. The nurse-practitioner had examined the teen-age girl, Carney's principal accuser, to whom he said he acted as a surrogate father. The doctor, a child-abuse expert, reviewed the videotape and photographs of the exam. Carney was elected to the City Council on Nov. 2, 1999, four days after his arrest. He resigned from his position two months later from jail. |
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