LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The judge attacked in her courtroom last month says it felt like she was hit by a car and said she is still recovering from her injuries more than a month later.
As the 8 News Now Investigators first reported on Jan. 3, Deobra Redden, 30, a three-time felon, was in Judge Mary Kay Holthus’ courtroom for sentencing on a charge of attempted battery with substantial bodily harm.
Holthus was sitting behind the bench, which she described as four feet high when Redden ran up to her, jumped over the desk and attacked her, video shared with the 8 News Now Investigators showed. Several other people, including Holthus’ courtroom marshal and her law clerk, then fought with Redden before throwing him to the ground.
Photos showed a bloody scene, with blood on Holthus’ bench and on documents scattered in the area.
“And he literally trampolines like Superman over my bench, he clears the monitors and he bunny hopped the defendant’s table like it was nothing,” Holthus said. “I mean, it was boom and he was on me.”
Before the attack, Redden’s attorney asked Holthus to sentence his client to probation. Holthus then said, “I think it’s time he get a taste of something else.”
Last week, a Clark County grand jury voted to indict Redden on several charges, including attempted murder. Prosecutors had already charged Redden. The indictment means the case moves directly from Las Vegas Justice Court to Clark County District Court.
“It was a sentencing and it was also a motion to quash the bench warrant,” Holthus told the grand jury, according to transcripts the 8 News Now Investigators reviewed. “He had previously failed to appear so his attorney wanted to quash the warrant. He came in. We were going — he was going to be sentenced on an attempt battery with substantial bodily harm which can either be treated as a gross misdemeanor or a felony, probably more information than you need.”
Redden was previously in front of Holthus on charges of malicious destruction of property. Records show he served prison time on a domestic battery charge for a year, starting in 2021. In that case, a different judge sentenced Redden to prison for a term of 12-30 months. A board granted Redden parole in 2022.
In December, Holthus issued a bench warrant for Redden after he failed to appear for a hearing.
“Anyway, we had a back and forth and I kind of explained to him basically letting him know that he was going to prison because that’s what his record warranted,” Holthus said. “And he kind of was fine, he was like, ‘Well, you know, I don’t think I should but you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do, whatever you think is right.’ I said, ‘Okay.’ His attorney kind of made some pitches and next thing I know — in the interim my marshal, we kind of have a — first of all he knows me well enough to know when somebody is going to be remanded because he was out of custody at the time, and so I kind of give him the look and he knows it’s going to be time. And a lot of, most of the time if anything happens it’s going to be they’re going to dart for the door, they go out the back. And so the marshal positions himself between the door and the defendant. And then upon remand time, he gets right out behind him and that’s what he did.”
Seconds after Holthus said, “I think it’s time he get a taste of something else,” Redden jumped a table, ran to Holthus’ bench and slammed her…
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