Post by Logan on Apr 7, 2016 23:53:56 GMT -6
Woman charged in dismissed sex-trafficking case sues St. Paul for $12 million
Hamdi Ali Osman spent four years behind bars in Kentucky awaiting trial for a federal sex-trafficking case that imploded last month when a Court of Appeals judge found that the main investigator — a St. Paul police sergeant — possibly fabricated evidence.
Osman’s patience, daily prayers and refusal to accept plea deals paid off when the case against her was dismissed in early March following the judge’s scathing order.
Freed from jail just under a month ago, Osman filed suit Thursday in federal court against the City of St. Paul, the St. Paul Police Department, Sgt. Heather Weyker and three of Weyker’s unnamed supervisors.
Osman is seeking $12 million in damages.
The 26-year-old said the case cost her six years of her life, two of them on electronic home monitoring from 2012 to 2014.
Read more: www.startribune.com/woman-charged-in-dismissed-sex-trafficking-case-sues-st-paul-for-12-million/374974621/
Hamdi Ali Osman spent four years behind bars in Kentucky awaiting trial for a federal sex-trafficking case that imploded last month when a Court of Appeals judge found that the main investigator — a St. Paul police sergeant — possibly fabricated evidence.
Osman’s patience, daily prayers and refusal to accept plea deals paid off when the case against her was dismissed in early March following the judge’s scathing order.
Freed from jail just under a month ago, Osman filed suit Thursday in federal court against the City of St. Paul, the St. Paul Police Department, Sgt. Heather Weyker and three of Weyker’s unnamed supervisors.
Osman is seeking $12 million in damages.
The 26-year-old said the case cost her six years of her life, two of them on electronic home monitoring from 2012 to 2014.
Read more: www.startribune.com/woman-charged-in-dismissed-sex-trafficking-case-sues-st-paul-for-12-million/374974621/