An L.A. County Sheriff's chief says she quit after a 'highly unethical' directive from Sheriff Alex Villanueva to rehire a deputy fired for abuse, records show
the sheriff for rehiring Mandoyan after he was fired in 2016 for domestic violence and for lying about his actions.
Leyva said he believed the sheriff’s reconciliation committee deliberately “skewed” evidence to justify reinstating the deputy. He said he repeatedly clashed with Villanueva in disputes that he said arose after he told the new sheriff he had to adhere to policies and procedures on various issues. Ault also said in her deposition that Del Mese sent her an email Nov. 26 or the day after containing a settlement agreement that had already been drafted that called for Mandoyan’s misconduct to be labeled “unfounded” and for a separate use-of-force case by the deputy to be changed from “founded” to “unfounded.
We “had just come through a federal case where our sheriff and undersheriff were going to prison for things like pay-to-play and things of that nature, and this was starting down that path,” Ault said, referring to former Sheriff Lee Baca and Undersheriff Paul Tanaka, who were convicted in a sweeping federal probe into jail abuse.
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