A top aide to Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón is facing felony charges stemming from accusations she “impermissibly used” confidential files from the sheriff’s department.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced this week that he filed charges against Diana Teran, an assistant district attorney who oversees a division that handles prosecutions of law enforcement officers.
The charges, filed Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, stem from her previous role as a constitutional policing advisor to former L.A. County Sheriff Jim McDonnell. The attorney general alleges “repeated and unauthorized use of data from confidential, statutorily-protected peace officer files,” according to a statement from Bonta’s office.
After joining the district attorney’s office in 2021, Teran “impermissibly used that data,” according to the statement.
The charges — accessing and using computer data without permission — are linked to files containing information on 11 sheriff’s deputies. The charges do not specify whose they were.
Bonta’s office did not reveal in the statement what Teran is accused of doing with those files.
In her role at the Justice System Integrity Division, she oversees a database of law enforcement officers who have been accused of wrongdoing.
Top Aide To DA Gascón Faces Charges Over Confidential Sheriff’s Deputy Files
An attorney for Teran, James Spertus, did not respond Thursday to a request for comment. However, he told the Los Angeles Times that the case was “dead on arrival.”
“They’re charging her for doing something within the scope of her employment,…
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