On Wednesday, an eight-member jury decided in favor of three Pittsburgh police officers on Jordan Miles’ accusation of malicious prosecution and a judge ordered a mistrial on two other counts, ending a three-week civil trial but setting up an as-yet-unscheduled retrial on whether the officers falsely arrested the young Homewood man and used excessive force.
“We feel this is a win, obviously a major win,” said James Wymard, attorney for Officer David Sisak.
The officers welcome the next trial, their lawyers said.
“They want to be vindicated on the other two counts,” said attorney Robert Leight, attorney for Officer Richard Ewing.
Mr. Miles’ attorney, J. Kerrington Lewis, said his client “believes in this case. … We’re going to go back at it.”
Mr. Miles’ other attorney, Timothy O’Brien, said there are evidentiary issues that may be decided differently the second time around, which he felt could favor the plaintiff.
Officer Ewing and co-defendant Officer Michael Saldutte left U.S. District Court without saying a word. Officer Sisak did not attend the reading of the verdict.
Mr. Miles and his mother, Terez Miles, likewise declined comment.
Earlier this week in an interview with XXL Magazine, Bangladesh was quoted as saying that Swizz Beatz is not “relevant” and the only reason people still check for him is because he’s married to superstar Alicia Keys.
Talk about a low blow. We’ll Swizzy was not going to take that lying down. In a recent interview with Thisis50, Swizz responded to Bangladesh’s claims and went in on him. Check out what Swizz said below:
“Y’all going to start this relevant shit?” said Swizz. “Don’t let this clown pump you up with this relevant. We at this video shoot right now. But you know anyways man, it’s all positive energy from me. I can’t get in that zone. I’m just happy to be here. Been doing this since 1998, 300 million-something sold. Domestically.”
You can check out the interview with Swizzy below:
Bangladesh had already back peddled on his statements on his twitter, tweeting:
Before Cassie was with Diddy, she was the girlfriend of producer and artist Ryan Leslie. Leslie was actually the one who who discovered her and put her into the studio because she had the “look.” Then Diddy came into the picture she left Leslie.
