SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio defense attorney, whose 2025 criminal complaint against Rosie Speedlin Gonzalez led to the judge being indicted and later accepting a lifetime ban from the bench, is speaking publicly about the incident for the first time.
Attorney Elizabeth Russell said she did not take her decision lightly to go to law enforcement after Speedlin Gonzalez ordered her to be handcuffed and placed in a jury box during a courtroom dispute in December 2024.
KSAT Investigates first exposed the altercation in January, weeks before Speedlin Gonzalez was indicted on felony and misdemeanor charges.
Russell walked into hearing ‘on pins and needles’
Russell told KSAT she had been pushing to have her client’s motion to revoke probation hearing take place before Christmas. She thought it would increase the chances of the client being released from jail before the courthouse’s holiday break…