A District Court docket choose has dominated {that a} decrease court docket was proper to permit prosecutors entry to medical information within the deadly DUI case of former Raiders huge receiver Henry Ruggs.
Ruggs’ girlfriend, Kiara Jenai Kilgo-Washington, who additionally goes by Rudy Washington, has been combating the discharge of her medical information by way of her lawyer, Peter Christiansen. Washington was in Ruggs’ automobile through the Nov. 3 crash that killed 23-year-old Tina Tintor and injured Washington.
Washington isn’t going through any fees associated to the crash, however prosecutors have mentioned they’re making an attempt to show that she suffered substantial bodily hurt.
Ruggs, 22, has been charged with felony counts of DUI leading to loss of life, DUI leading to substantial bodily hurt and two counts of reckless driving leading to loss of life or substantial bodily hurt in reference to the crash. He additionally was charged with a misdemeanor rely of possession of a firearm whereas underneath the affect, court docket information present. Authorities have mentioned a loaded weapon was present in his Chevrolet Corvette Stingray after the crash.
In January, Las Vegas magistrate Ann Zimmerman dominated that prosecutors may entry Washington’s medical information, reversing a choice from magistrate Robert Walsh to block the release.
Christiansen then filed a petition in District Court in March, asking for a choose to rule that Zimmerman “abused her discretion.”
Washington’s lawyer has argued that as a result of she isn’t going through any fees, releasing her medical data with out her consent would violate doctor-patient privilege.
District Choose Tara Clark Newberry dominated April 27 that the request for Washington’s medical information “clearly falls throughout the exception” to doctor-patient privilege.
Newberry decided the order was “in pursuit of a professional regulation enforcement inquiry” and solely pertained to restricted information about her accidents from the crash, her discovering acknowledged.
Throughout a court docket listening to Thursday, Zimmerman mentioned the keep stopping the discharge of Washington’s information had already been lifted following the District Court docket ruling.
Christiansen didn’t seem in court docket on Thursday and didn’t reply to a request for remark.
A preliminary listening to in Ruggs’ case is scheduled for June 16, court docket information present.
Contact Katelyn Newberg at knewberg@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0240. Observe @k_newberg on Twitter.
