According to the Mercury News, an Atherton public works supervisor claims woman set him up for harassment lawsuit underneath a indoor surveillance camera.
An Atherton public works supervisor on trial for allegedly grabbing a female officer inside the town police station testified Tuesday that she took him to a break room and inexplicably pushed him away twice in front of a surveillance camera.
Under questioning by his attorney, Troy Henderson said he believes now-retired Officer Pilar Ortiz-Buckley led him to the video camera, which produces a pixilated recording with no audio, to set him up for the civil lawsuit she filed against him in April.
"In the scheme of things, it was very insignificant to me," Henderson said, referring to the conversation the two had in a break room of the Atherton Police Department. "I could never do anything to hurt Ms. Ortiz or disrespect her."
In a bizarre twist, Ortiz-Buckley's ex-husband, John Buckley, testified Tuesday that his former wife was consistently "dishonest" and had perjured herself in court on several points the day before.
A day later, the public works supervisor was acquitted:
After the trial adjourned, foreman Mario Holland, of San Mateo, said he and the 11 other jurors agreed quickly that Lee hadn't proven beyond a reasonable doubt that a battery took place. They later reviewed the video footage and decided it wasn't clear there had been an assault either, given Henderson's large size and the tightness of the space.
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