A 65-year-old man has filed suit against at least three unknown and long-ago employees of Napa State Hospital, alleging sexual abuse and forced sterilization when he was a juvenile patient at the mental hospital more than half a century ago.
The lawsuit, filed Jan. 29 in Napa County Superior Court by an accuser identified only as John Doe, targets a female therapist who sexually abused him at her home while he was committed to Napa State starting in the late 1960s. A second woman, a shift supervisor at the mental hospital, also forced the boy to put on girlâs clothing while also abusing him, the complaint states.
February 08, 2021
E. & J. Gallo Winery filed a lawsuit against a Napa Valley winery over a grape contract, according to court records.
The world’s largest company alleges LMR Wine Estates LLC of St. Helena owes at least $420,000 on fruit harvested in 2020, according to the complaint filed Jan. 28 in Napa County Superior Court. The Hall family owns Long Meadow Ranch.
The contract called for LMR Wine Estates to purchase 120 tons of Cabernet Sauvignon grown at Sun Lake Vineyard in Pope Valley for $5,500 per ton, according to the court filing. The fruit was harvested between Sept. 30 and Oct. 22, according to the lawsuit.
Diverging portraits emerged Friday of the far-right supporter from Napa whom authorities arrested this month on weapons charges and said might have been plotting to kill California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
In court Friday, a Napa County prosecutor said auto repair shop owner Ian Rogers built five large pipe bombs, possessed machine guns and extensive body armor, used encrypted communications to chat with like-minded extremists and is “part of the [right-wing] group that does call itself the Three Percenters.”
According to an FBI affidavit, Rogers, 43, made multiple threats in text messages to attack Democratic targets and ensure that Trump stayed in office. In the texts, Rogers stated, “Let’s see what happens then we act” and later added, “I’m thinking sac office first target” and “Then maybe bird and face offices.”