Top Gascón aide receives ,000 settlement for Azusa public intoxication arrest
The city of Azusa has paid a $10,000 settlement to Joseph Iniguez, the top aide of Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón, who in July ...
The city of Azusa has paid a $10,000 settlement to Joseph Iniguez, the top aide of Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón, who in July dropped his federal civil rights lawsuit against the municipality stemming from his 2021 arrest for public intoxication. The seven-page settlement agreement finalized last month states that Iniguez and the city of Azusa are each responsible for their own attorney fees and costs. In an email Tuesday, Sept. 12, Azusa City Manager Sergio Gonzalez said the settlement is 'purely a business decision' to resolve litigation at a 'minimal cost.