The chess match takes this move today, after Jim Gibbons asserted yesterday that he was ecstatic the videotapes had surfaced and supposedly would clear him.
Mazzeo's lawyer indicated Friday that she was leaning toward pursuing charges. Once news of the tapes surfaced Saturday, however, many analysts thought Mazzeo would decline to pursue this case, since leaks indicated Mazzeo and Gibbons do not appear on the tapes inside the parking garage.
In today's story in the Las Vegas Review Jouurnal , however, Mazzeo lawyer Richard Wright says the video story pushed Mazzeo the other way, toward an investigation. This move guarantees the story will dominate the news and speculation until election day. Right now the TV channels headline it the Gibbons scandal at the top of the newscast. "Accused of assault," that sounds like a nice addition. Now the legal wrangling begins in terms of whether the tapes will be released before the election.
http://www.reviewjournal.com/...
Cocktail waitress Chrissy Mazzeo will press forward and formally request that authorities investigate her allegations that Rep. Jim Gibbons assaulted her, the woman's lawyer said Sunday.
"I will be going to the district attorney first thing in the morning to find out how to proceed," said Richard Wright, the attorney representing the 32-year-old single mother. Mazzeo will give "absolute total cooperation in a thorough investigation," Wright said.
He said she will sign a criminal complaint against Gibbons, if necessary. Sheriff Bill Young said last week that his officers would investigate her allegation "to the nth degree" if she signed a criminal complaint.
Mazzeo was distraught when she learned of media reports over the weekend stating that surveillance tapes at the parking garage where she said the assault occurred didn't include any footage of her or Gibbons, but those reports "steeled her resolve" to pursue a full investigation, Wright said.
The footage was recorded by about 12 security cameras over at least two hours on Oct. 13, when Mazzeo alleges the assault occurred after Gibbons and she met at a nearby restaurant.
The tapes do not show Gibbons or Mazzeo inside the garage, sources said
Hey, it's 7 AM for me with no sleep so I need to leave this unnattended. I saw it at the last minute on the R-J site.