A Clark County judge was attacked on the bench Wednesday while sentencing a defendant in an attempted battery case.
Video of the attack shows a defendant leaping over the bench and landing on top of District Judge Mary Kay Holthus, a former Clark County prosecutor.
The 30-year-old defendant, Deobra Redden, attacked the judge just after she began to impose his sentence. Redden’s attorney had asked the judge to grant him probation, saying he had undergone mental health treatment.
Redden reportedly has had a number of run-ins with the law, and has even been before Judge Holthus in the past.
“I appreciate that, but I think it’s time that he get a taste of something else because I just can’t with that history,” the judge said, moments before the defendant could be seen attacking her.
The judge is reportedly okay and a marshal was injured.
