A judge on Thursday officially dismissed a case against former Olympian David Hearn, who was accused of feloniously vandalizing the Reflecting Pool earlier this summer.
Background of the Case
The case was brought by the Justice Department, but prosecutors later acknowledged that President Donald Trump’s $14 million renovation of the Reflecting Pool was ‘hasty and botched’ and that there wasn’t evidence to support their assertion that Hearn had criminally damaged it.
Hearn’s lawyers said in a statement, ‘Davey Hearn is innocent and today’s dismissal reflects that simple fact. But this case never should’ve been brought in the first place. The Department of Justice’s decision to seek an indictment was a miscarriage of justice.’
The judge asked for more arguments over the request to bar prosecutors from reviving the case in the future before making a decision on it.
Original reporting: KEYT (Ventura/Santa Barbara) — read the source article.
