Body Cam Footage Reveals Two Versions of the Truth in Louisiana Law Office Brawl Case
A squabble about a check turned physical in a Louisiana law office as Corey Orgeron and one of his clients came to blows. The matter is set for a bench trial this week as the court investigates both sides of a very confusing story.
According to sources, both men blame the other for starting the fight that left both with minor injuries. When sheriff’s deputies arrived, body camera footage shows they found the client waiting in the parking lot of the law office.
The footage shows a deputy interviewing the client, Lumar, who tells him that he arrived at the law office to pick up a check from Orgeron when the two started arguing.
“He got mad and he ripped the check up and told me to get out,” Lumar told the deputy.
Lumar says when he refused to leave and asked that police be called, Orgeron physically attacked him.
“He was like, ‘If you ain’t gonna get out, I’m gonna make you get out.’ And, that’s when he went to swinging at me and grabbing my hair,” explained Lumar.
The same deputy then went inside the law office to interview Orgeron who told a completely different story, claiming Lumar acted first by knocking him to the ground.
“And when he came at me, I knew he was going to start kicking me, so I got up as quickly as I could and my forearm hit him in the face a couple of times,” the councilman told the deputy.
“You guys will both have your day in court and you’ll be able to tell the judge your side and he can tell his side,” the responding deputy told Lumar, the body cam footage shows.
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