lake monroe incident

Special prosecutor Sonia Leerkamp said Thursday evening that reports from some media outlets - saying charges stemming from the 2020 incident at Lake Monroe have been dropped - are inaccurate.

The agreement is similar to the one Vauhxx Booker entered in early December, which says if he completes the process, his battery and trespass charges also will be dropped.

During an August news conference, Booker said he would not continue the process because he could not agree to signing a confidentiality agreement and having the charges against his alleged attackers dropped.

The Monroe County Public Defender’s Office had filed a motion earlier in the week, saying Booker “may not meet the definition of indigency” needed for a public defender.

In a motion filed Friday in Monroe Circuit Court, the Monroe County Public Defender’s Office said Booker “may not meet the definition of indigency” needed for a public defender, since a GoFundMe has collected over $35,000 for him.

The Supplemental Memorandum filed by Hennessy says Purdy did what was required in the restorative justice process.

Attorneys for Sean Purdy and Jerry Cox had filed motions to subpoena Booker and his attorney, Kitty Liell, to testify as to why and how the restorative justice talks between the two parties fell apart.

Vauhxx Booker was arrested in Indianapolis over the weekend for allegedly shoving a police officer after an encounter at a downtown bar and grill.

In an order filed Thursday, Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush said she assigned Hamner the case in the interest of judicial economy – Hamner already overseeing the criminal cases against Sean Purdy and Jerry Cox, who Booker says jumped him and threatened to lynch him.