L.A. County Will Pay $1.75 Million to Woman Who Accused Sheriff’s Deputies of Performing Illegal Cavity Searches

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has approved a $1.75-million settlement with a Pico Rivera woman who accused sheriff’s deputies of performing two illegal cavity searches while looking for drugs.

After filing suit in 2018, Leticia Sanchez took her case to trial in 2022, but the parties agreed to settle before the jury came back with a verdict. County officials approved the terms of the agreement last week.

Humberto Guizar, one of the attorneys who represented Sanchez, was indignant despite the hefty payout to his client, telling The Times it was “disturbing” that the county did not discipline the employees involved in the 2017 incident. “They should have all been arrested and charged with a crime,” he said.

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