Shawn Nelson and Todd Spitzer Just Cost OC $3,000,000

Spitzer gets choked up…

Yep. You read that right. As reported in the Voice of OC last month, DA Todd Spitzer and his former bad cop Shawn Nelson were popped for retaliating against Tracy Miller, one of the Deputy DAs. It seems that Spitzer hired his best bud Gary LoGalbo at the DAs shop who proceeded to sexually harass a bunch of women; Miller said she was targeted by Spitzer and Nelson for whistleblowing. This is the frat boy kind of garbage so common in the workplace.

A jury believed Ms. Miller and awarded her three million bucks. That’s a lot of scratch. And many other suits are till outstanding.

Shawn Nelson, Todd Spitzer, and Joe Sipowicz have one thing in common. None of us will have to pay a dime of that award. Nelson and Spitzer are protected by the typical indemnification that goes with public employment. And I live in Lincoln County, Nevada.

But OC residents will pay plenty. About a dollar for every person in the county; about $150,000 for very man woman and child in Fullerton. So Sorry.

For Spitzer the case is just another in a long line of employee related legal suits dating back his days as a County Supervisor. He’s been busted for racial profiling and recently lost a $2,000,000 case for retaliating against a DA investigator. Ouch. He’s costing OC a helluva lot more than he’s worth.

Well fed on your dollar…

The equally morally egregious Nelson once a Fullerton Councilman, used to be a hardcore Spitzer enemy until he saw him as a was to become a judge – a long standing wet dream job. But he was never going to get it without help – an official job with the DAs office. So Nelson endorsed Spitzer over Rackauckas in 2018 and in return got the job as Spitzer’s in-house enforcer. He also got an undeserved job title (he was formerly a defense lawyer) and a free pass to a judgeship via an election against a nobody. The Bar Association described him as “unqualified.”

Spitzer’s response was a non-apology of the “I’m sorry my well-intentioned actions were misinterpreted” type. Nelson, as a judge didn’t have to say anything, hiding behind the “He can’t comment” as parroted by some court flunky to the media.

10 Replies to “Shawn Nelson and Todd Spitzer Just Cost OC $3,000,000”

  1. A couple of insecure bullies. These narcissists never change. There is no regret – except that Spitzer also got hit with $25,000 in punitive damages. A pittance.

  2. Why are you so mean? “Well fed on your dollar…”. What purpose does it serve to constantly make fun of people’s appearance, weight, gender etc? I bet there would be people who’d actually enjoy reading the stuff on this blog if it weren’t so cruel. I am a conservative but also teach bible study and I can’t imagine if you weren’t behind your computer screen you’d speak to people this way.

    1. This is par for the course for conservative nimbys and the “friendly” right-wing friends of this blog. They take their cues from the dear leader and his administration who do this all the time and have done so for decades. This behavior is true patriotic christian behavior and they do it outside of the screen all the time!

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