How a woman who was assaulted by a federal agent sought justice against her abuser
22 January 2022
John Olivas’ explosive temper frightened his girlfriend. In fits of rage, the federal agent would slam her into a wall and choke her, she recently testified. The madness reached new heights one night in September 2012 when she drove him home from a Riverside bar where he had been drinking heavily, she said. Olivas, sitting in the passenger’s seat, put the tip of his handgun into his mouth and asked what she would do if he pulled the trigger, she said. She begged him to put it down. He waved the gun around “like it was a joke,” then set ...
How a woman who was assaulted by a federal agent sought justice against her abuser
Former U.S. Homeland Security agent John Olivas was charged with violating the civil rights of a girlfriend who says he sexually assaulted her.
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