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Government

Sep. 26, 2002

Man Falsely Accused of Molestation Wins in Court

LOS ANGELES - A Culver City man who won an $800,000 federal jury verdict last week had accused Culver City police and one of its investigators of "coercing, pressuring and threatening" a 13-year-old boy into falsely accusing him of kidnap and sexual assault.

By Susan McRae
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        LOS ANGELES - A Culver City man who won an $800,000 federal jury verdict last week had accused Culver City police and one of its investigators of "coercing, pressuring and threatening" a 13-year-old boy into falsely accusing him of kidnap and sexual assault.
        Luther Bristol Coppage III was a...

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