Former Times reporter Maya Lau has filed a lawsuit claiming Los Angeles County and former Sheriff Alex Villanueva violated ...

Maya Lau claims that after Alex Villanueva was elected sheriff in 2018, he opened a new criminal investigation into how she ...

“The suit comes less than a year after a Times article revealed that Lau had been the target of an LA County Sheriff’s Department investigation that ‘was designed to intimidate and punish Lau for her ...

The former lawman allege that the county's oversight panel investigated him without informing him or giving him a chance to ...

A former Los Angeles Times reporter Tuesday sued L.A. County, ex-Sheriff Alex Villanueva and others, alleging in federal court that her 1st Amendment rights were violated when a secret probe was ...

A former Los Angeles Times reporter is suing Los Angeles County, former Sheriff Alex Villanueva and others for allegedly violating her First Amendment rights as a journalist by subjecting her to ...

The lawsuit alleges retaliation for Lau's coverage of LA County Sheriff’s deputies with histories of dishonesty and other ...

A federal judge has — for the second time — dismissed a $25 million lawsuit by former Sheriff Alex Villanueva against County alleging that county ...