A woman has filed a lawsuit against Los Angeles The police department, claiming a case of wrong identity, left her in prison for 13 days.
Bethany Farber, of Calabasas, Californiawas to board a Delta flight to Puerto Escondido, Mexicoto visit her family when she was detained by TSA officers at Los Angeles International Airport last April.
Officials said they had a warrant for Farber’s arrest Texas and escorted her to a private room, where she was tied to a chair.
The esthetician was soon arrested by police, who did not check her driver’s license or confirm her identity and were held in the Linwood Women’s Prison for 13 days, according to the trial.
The Farber police they are looking for have dark hair and do not look like Farber, who is now prosecuting the department. It is unclear why police searched for Farber and found the right suspect.
The LAPD said it did not comment on pending lawsuits and did not explain how the wrong Farber was arrested.
Bethany Farber of Calabasas, California, is suing the Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Airport Police and the City of Los Angeles for wrongful arrest after being held in prison for 13 days.
She claims that the police mistaken her for a woman of the same name who has an arrest warrant
Bethany Farber does not look like the one who was arrested, but the authorities rejected Bethany Farber’s requests to check again if they had the right person.
She is now suing Los Angeles police, Los Angeles airport police and the Los Angeles city of what she says is an illegal arrest, and claims police mistaken her for a woman of the same name who had an arrest warrant.
Farber told KTLA-TV: “It was absolutely horrifying. I was shocked. It just kept getting worse.
“I was arrested for a state fugitive order. I kept saying that they had the wrong person to check again, and they just said, “No, we got him.”
Farber claims she told police she had the wrong man, but they took her to Linwood Women’s Prison.
She continued, “Right away, all I could think about was that I’ve never been to Texas … I started to get upset, realizing it was all happening.”
Farber spent 13 days in prison while her family and friends worked to prove that the police had the wrong woman.
The esthetician said she was handcuffed to a chair after being escorted to a private room
Farber said she was “shocked and horrified” when she was taken to Linwood Women’s Prison.
Her grandmother (pictured) suffered a stroke due to stress while Farber was in prison. She later died just days after her granddaughter was released from prison. Farber managed to visit his grandmother before he died
Her family hired lawyers in Texas and Los Angeles and proved their innocence by showing a GPS on a cell phone showing that Farber was in California the day the other woman committed crimes in Texas.
The blonde said she was scarred by her experiences in prison, but said it “could happen to anyone”.
She also said she saw human feces being thrown around and had to put hot food under her clothes just to keep warm while in prison, CBS News reported.
“She had to spend her nights in a cold cell listening to the voices of other prisoners screaming, crying, she saw battles in her cell, she saw battles in the common areas of the prison,” her lawyer Rodney Diggs told the press. conference on tuesday.
Diggs also said Fox 11: “They could check the dates of birth, check the fingerprints, check the social security numbers. Farber had her passport at the time.
Farber (pictured out of court) was preparing to board a Delta flight to Puerto Escondido, Mexico, to visit the family when she was detained by TSA officers.
Farber’s lawyer Rodney Diggs (right with Farber) said police had to check birth dates, fingerprints and social security numbers
The blonde said that her stay in prison caused her a lot of “suffering” and affected her business. “It caused me a lot of suffering in my life, a lot of anxiety. That brought me back financially. It has affected my business, “she said
He added: “This means that the system is defective somewhere. The fact that there are no procedures, no protocol.
After she was released, the mother of aesthetics told Farber that her grandmother had suffered a stress-induced stroke. She died just days after Farber was released from prison; Farber managed to visit her before she died.
“I can’t explain to you the feeling of this whole situation and then be released and have [my mom] let me know in the morning that my grandmother is in the hospital, “she said Fox 10. “I believe I would have had more time with her if this situation had not happened.”
Farber’s lawyer also said the LAPD had been told by the state of Texas that the wrong Farber had been in custody three days before her release.
The esthetician was arrested by the police at the Los Angeles International Airport (pictured)
‘[It was] “She could spend three days with her grandmother,” he said.
She was released on April 28, 2021, according to KTLA. Farber is now suing $ 2.5 million for emotional stress.
“It caused me a lot of suffering in my life, a lot of anxiety. That brought me back financially. “It has affected my business,” she told a news conference on Tuesday. “There are a lot of people who have this happen to them, and no one stands up for them. when they are in prison, their lives are illegally ruined.