Man Who Attacked Las Vegas Judge On Video Charged With Attempted Murder

Topline Deobra Redden, the man caught on video attacking a judge at his sentencing hearing last week, has been charged with attempted murder, according to multiple reports , another charge added to a set of felony counts he faces following the attack. Redden appeared before Holthus again on Monday. (Clark County District Court via AP) Key Facts Redden was reportedly charged with attempted murder in the courtroom attack in addition to extortion by threat, coercion with force and battery on a protected person.

The arrest report stated that Redden told officers after the attack that he attempted to kill the judge and that he was having a bad day, NBC News reported. The 30 year old attacked Clark County District Court Judge Mary Kay Holthus last week during a sentencing for a separate felony battery charge —he was sentenced Monday to up to four years in prison on that charge.

Redden, who told Holthus he was beyond his violent past, leapt over the judge’s bench and attacked her after she indicated she would still sentence him in the battery case, provoking a clerk and multiple officers to wrestle him off the judge. Redden was sent back to jail on a $54,000 bail on charges in connection to the attack while Holthus shortly returned to work after sustaining minor injuries.

Key Background Redden’s battery charge in connection with a baseball bat attack on a person last year was initially an assault charge that was reduced through a plea deal. Holthus sentenced him to up to four years in prison just days after she was attacked. Clips of his attack on the judge garnered millions of views online in what Chief Judge Jerry Wiese described as unprecedented behavior, according to NBC.

Further Reading Man Who Attacked Judge In Viral Video Sentenced To 19 To 48 Months For Unrelated Case (Forbes) Man who leaped at judge charged with attempted murder in Nevada courtroom attack (NBC News).