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- Deobra Redden violently hurled himself at a Las Vegas judge during a sentencing hearing last week.
- After attacking Judge Mary Kay Holthus, Redden said he had a bad day, per arrest documents.
- Clark County District Court Judge Holthus has ordered Redden to return to court next week.
The man who flung himself over a bench to violently attack a Nevada judge told police officers afterward that he was having a bad day, according to an arrest report obtained by local NBC affiliate KSNV.
Viral footage from a Las Vegas courtroom on January 3 showed 30-year-old Deobra Redden hurtling over the judge's bench and into Clark County District Court Judge Mary Kay Holthus, who had just indicated that she intended to give Redden time behind bars for a previous charge of assault with a deadly weapon in April 2023, according to KSNV.
Several court officials rushed to aid Holthus and attempt to subdue Redden, who was screaming obscenities, the outlet reported. In the scuffle, one officer tripped, dislocated his shoulder, and cut his head in an injury that required 25 stitches, KSNV reported, citing the arrest documents.
In those documents, Holthus told officers that a "big, strong and angry" Redden slammed her head into the wall behind her bench, struck her multiple times, and pulled out her hair. Officers later reported that Redden told them — unprompted — that he had a bad day and had attempted to kill the judge, KSNV reported, citing the arrest report.
Redden faces a litany of new charges following the most recent assault, including coercion with force, extortion, intimidating a public officer, and seven counts of battery on a protected person, among other charges, court records show.
Redden is being held at the Clark County Detention Center, records show, and he is due back in court on January 9. Holthus, who returned to work the day after the assault, has ordered Redden to re-appear in court "by any and all means necessary," local CBS affiliate KLAS reported, citing court documents.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department did not immediately respond to an inquiry from BI on Saturday, nor did Redden's attorney.