"Up until now, and throughout this process, she has been repeatedly retraumatized and disempowered." "It's important to Jane Doe, particularly as a Black woman in Milwaukee, that the people in positions of authority acknowledge, reflect on, and learn from her experience," Sattler said. The law calls for those in authority to do so. Jane Doe should not have to enforce her own rights as a crime victim, according to her legal team. What she wants is for the investigation to continue and be done fairly, sensitively and objectively, Petty said. Sattler and Caitlin Kendall Noonan, both of Legal Action of Wisconsin. "Monetary relief is not the justice she's seeking right now," said attorney Erika Jacobs Petty, of Lotus Legal Clinic, who is part of Jane Doe's legal team with Rachel E. The lawsuit was filed Friday and assigned Monday to Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Timothy Witkowiak. The lawsuit also seeks a court to order the department to allow Jane Doe access to the entire investigative file and any records related to internal investigations into the leak of those materials.įinally, it demands that each named defendant - the Milwaukee Police Department, Acting Police Chief Michael Brunson Sr., retired Chief Alfonso Morales and the city of Milwaukee - be ordered to pay a maximum $1,000 fine for each violation of her rights. The woman is asking a court to order the sexual assault investigation be turned over to the Wisconsin Department of Justice, the Madison Police Department or another law enforcement agency with the resources to conduct a full and complete investigation. "Despite obvious conflicts of interest and mismanagement of this matter, MPD continues to control the investigation, rather than request the neutral support of an outside law enforcement agency, contrary to the interests of Jane Doe and the criminal investigation," the lawsuit says. They again failed to notify her after learning police records about her case were leaked to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in December 2019. Milwaukee police failed to notify her when her privacy was breached when Haywood was told her name in the August 2019 interview. Investigators also gave the woman "false assurances about her anonymity and protection," according to the lawsuit. Those officials "sought to expedite Haywood's interview to protect their own financial and political interests over the interests of Jane Doe and the criminal investigation," the lawsuit says. Police officials rushed to interview the developer, possibly jeopardizing the investigation, because he was a candidate for a police foundation board created to raise money for the department, according to the lawsuit, citing an independent investigation that was ordered by the Fire and Police Commission. The lawsuit alleges Haywood received special treatment and that police officials never disclosed Haywood's connections to top command staff or to Steven DeVougas, a current member of the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission and its chairman at the time. The case remains under review at the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office. Haywood has denied the allegations and has not been arrested or charged. The woman, referred to as Jane Doe in the filing, says the Milwaukee Police Department repeatedly failed to notify her of important developments in the investigation into Kalan Haywood Sr. Her lawsuit, believed to be the first of its kind in Wisconsin, cites decades of state laws that protect the rights of victims and seek to ensure victims will be treated with fairness, dignity, respect and sensitivity. 5, 2022 to make it free for all readersĪ woman who says a prominent Milwaukee real estate developer drugged and raped her has asked a court to take the sexual assault investigation away from the Milwaukee Police Department, arguing the agency has repeatedly violated her constitutional rights as a crime victim.
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