Former LAPD Sgt. Jim Parker appeared in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom Monday to battle a $10,000 fine imposed by the Los Angeles Ethics Commission stemming from a 2014 incident in which he was falsely accused of racism by actress Daniele Watts.
Retired Los Angeles police Sgt. Jim Parker, who made national news after arresting Django Unchained actress Daniele Watts for lewd behavior in 2014, is being ordered by the Los Angeles Ethics Commission to pay a $10,000 fine for leaking audio from the arrest to gossip outlet TMZ.
The LAPD sergeant who detained Django Unchained actress Daniele Watts and her boyfriend for lewd behavior last year has been accused of violating city ethics rules, and now faces a steep fine for leaking audio of the incident to the media.
A judge has ordered embattled ‘Django’ actress Daniele Watts and her chef boyfriend Brian James Lucas to 15 days of community labor and two years of probation after finding both letters of apology she was ordered to write to LAPD Sgt. Jim Parker “insincere and passive aggressive.”
Django Unchained actress Daniele Watts and her boyfriend penned a court-ordered apology letter to the officers she accused of racism last year after the two were found being overly affectionate in a public parking lot.
Django Unchained actress Daniele Watts and her boyfriend pleaded no contest on Monday to a charge of disturbing the peace stemming from an incident last year in which the two were found being overly affectionate in a public parking lot.