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Civil Litigation,
Law Practice

Apr. 13, 2018

Cross-examination in courthouse brawl trial focuses on plaintiff’s profane history

Criminal defense attorney suing over a courthouse fistfight was grilled on his history of using profanity toward other lawyers.

SANTA ANA -- A criminal defense attorney suing a former district attorney's investigator over a courthouse fistfight was grilled by opposing counsel Thursday on his history of using profanity toward other lawyers, including calling a woman prosecutor a "fucking bitch."

That prosecutor, Deputy District Attorney Tasha G. Soroosh, was the defense's first witness Thursday afternoon in the civil trial that stems from a verbal and physica...

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