Federal Court in Detroit (Google maps photo)
As jury verdicts go, this is a sizable one.
A federal jury in Detroit on Tuesday returned a nearly $58.5 million verdict against a Michigan State Police lieutenant and a former assistant attorney general for their roles in a case in which former Detroit police officer Sean MacMaster was falsely accused of sexually assaulting a child, the Detroit Free Press reports.
The Freep reports:
Sean MacMaster sued David Busacca of the MSP and Brian Kolodziej, a former prosecutor, in 2021 after Attorney General Dana Nessel dropped charges of first-degree criminal sexual conduct against MacMaster and another man.
The suit alleged that Busacca and Kolodziej conspired with MacMaster's ex-wife to bring the sexual assault allegations as part of a custody battle. It alleged they concealed exculpatory evidence in the case and that Busacca altered a police report to conceal Kolodziej's involvement in the case.
The Freep was unable to get comments from Busacca and Kolodziej.
