Daily News | Former top Philly cop Carl Holmes’ sexual assault case has been tossed out of court
women at work, effectively collapsed Tuesday when a key accuser failed to show up to testify at trial.
But none of those efforts was successful. And without the woman’s testimony, Beljean said, “I cannot put on a case.” Prosecutors left open the possibility of reviving the case if they are able to find Vandegrift and compel her to appear in court. But even the judge was skeptical that Vandegrift — who in 2017 settled a lawsuit over the allegations for $1.25 million — would ever testify.
Holmes was once one of the Police Department’s highest-ranking commanders, a chief inspector who spent nearly three decades on the force and was also a lawyer. But during his career, he had been publicly accused of sexually assaulting women he worked with — allegationsIn 2019, District Attorney Larry Krasner’s office accused Holmes of crimes including attempted sexual assault and indecent assault following a grand jury investigation.
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