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The Los Angeles County sheriff disputed allegations he orchestrated a cover-up of an incident where a deputy knelt on a handcuffed inmate’s head and said a reporter who used leaked documents and video to report on the case is part of his criminal investigation.
A reporter who reported on allegations Villanueva was involved in covering the abuse of an inmate is apparently now under criminal investigation.
Sheriff Alex Villanueva said he was investigating leaked materials, including a video published by the Los Angeles Times in an article by reporter Alene Tchekmedyian that detailed inmate abuse.
L.A. County's sheriff has spent most of his time defending his department with the bluster of a lesser John Wayne character and a skin thinner than tulle.
Sheriff Alex Villanueva said he was investigating leaked materials, including a video published by the Los Angeles Times in an article by reporter Alene Tchekmedyian that detailed inmate abuse.