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Apr. 29, 2008
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Prosecutor presses Del Vecchio case

Judge accused of sex abuse, harassment

By DAVID KIHARA
REVIEW-JOURNAL

Nicholas Del Vecchio
Judge had asked for Judicial Discipline Commission action to be put off

The special prosecutor for the Nevada Judicial Discipline Commission argued Monday for a complaint against Clark County Family Court Judge Nicholas Del Vecchio to go forward.

Del Vecchio, who is accused of sexual abuse and sexual harassment, previously asked the commission to hold off on going forward with its complaint against him until a complaint with similar allegations in District Court was resolved.

But special prosecutor Mary Boetsch stated Monday in a formal response that civil cases can take years to resolve.

"The public is not protected, the integrity of the judiciary is not maintained, the administration of justice is not served by delaying this matter, especially for what is certainly to be years," she wrote.


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    • In February, Boetsch filed a complaint against Del Vecchio accusing him of sexual misconduct and abuse of power after Del Vecchio's former judicial assistant accused him of coercing her into having sex with him. The assistant later filed a civil complaint against Del Vecchio in District Court.

    Only the judicial discipline commission has the authority to remove or suspend a sitting judge. Del Vecchio remains on the bench and faces re-election.

    Contact reporter David Kihara at dkihara@reviewjournal.com or 702-380-1039.



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    Gimme wrote on April 29, 2008 12:09 PM: OH,But isn,t he IN LOVE? GIMME_A BREAK! and this is the same pig that had the authority to change families lives! Again what a difference a title makes.


    miguel rais wrote on April 29, 2008 08:40 AM: Is the injustice of "political correctness" never going to stop??? Lets see: a woman claims a man had consensual sex with her 12 years ago. There is aBSOLUTELY no proof supportiung her "claim", and she afterwords works for him for years. No one would be convicted on this kind of "she said" hearsay. Her story doesn't even make sense. But some feminist flunkey lawyer is trying to make a name on Judge Delvecchio's back. Come on, people, wise up.


    Remove Him wrote on April 29, 2008 07:58 AM: He needs to be removed until this is resolved.


    Remove Him wrote on April 29, 2008 07:58 AM: He needs to e removed until this is resolved.


    b wrote on April 29, 2008 05:57 AM: Lets watch, if he does run for re-election, my bet is there will be people stupid enough to vote for him, any takers?