(COLORADO SPRINGS) — A lawsuit in which Laura Voepel, the mother of the convicted Club Q mass shooter, was suing the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) for violations of her constitutional rights was dismissed by the court on Jan. 2.
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According to court documents, the lawsuit named CSPD Sergeant Reuben Crews, Officers Matthew Anderson, Timothy Hockersmith, and Peter Mandry, and Detective Rebecca Joins as defendants, asserting that Voepel’s Fourth and First Amendment rights under the U.S. Constitution, as well as her rights under the Colorado Constitution, were violated, regarding unlawful search and seizure, violation of freedom of speech, and retaliation for engaging in protected speech.
The defense argued that the complaint was invalidated as it was filed outside the two-year statute of limitations. On Nov. 20, 2022, the CSPD officers searched Voepel’s home following the Club Q shooting and allegedly committed the violations, and the lawsuit was not filed until Feb. 17, 2025.
According to court documents, Voepel’s lawyers asserted that a legal exception to the statute of limitations, showing that Voepel was incompetent to file on time, allows a lawsuit to be filed outside the two-year time frame…