A federal judge has ordered an Indianapolis woman who was caught on video attacking and threatening her Black and Latino neighbors to pay more than $226,000 following a lawsuit.
The case was filed in April 2020 by the Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana (FHCCI) and Donata Banks, one of the former neighbors. The lawsuit alleged Vicki New “engaged in a pattern and practice of harassing, taunting and threatening” others in the Twin Creeks Drive subdivision based on race and national origin.
New lived in a home on Twin Creeks Drive, on the city’s northwest side, before she put the home up for sale in September 2018.
Earlier that year, New was captured on video attacking neighbors with a “No Trespassing” sign and threatening their lives over a property line dispute.
That confrontation was part of a string of alleged racially motivated incidents involving New. The Twin Creeks Homeowners Association previously said it had received complaints of harassment by New from more than 20 residents.