A Chauvin, La., woman, who claims a deputy used unnecessary violence as television cameras rolled, has filed suit against the Terrebonne Sheriff’s Office and the production company of an upcoming TV show.
The suit says Angela Rodrigue, 47, was abused when arrested and the crew exacerbated it by egging on the deputy.
Court papers say Rodrigue was arrested outside her home Feb. 1 on charges of disturbing the peace by cursing, resisting arrest by violence and possession of drug paraphernalia.
If convicted at trial, she faces more than a year in prison.
The suit, filed in federal court, requests an unnamed amount of money in damages. It says sheriff’s deputy Paul Thibodeaux broke Rodrigue’s leg and tore the cartilage in her knee when he pulled her out of a parked car in her front yard. And, the suit says, Rodrigue was pulled out of the car while still in pain.
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