No Kidding?
Arizona senator's son and his wife demand $8million in compensation claiming 'lying' police ruined their lives by charging them for killing 21 dogs in their family-run kennel
Senator Jeff Flake's son and his young wife are suing Maricopa County Sheriff's office and Sheriff Joe Arpaio for $8million in damages claiming they 'constructed a conspiracy' to wrongfully indict the couple.Austin and Logan Flake, both 21, are seeking $4million in damages each after they were initially charged in the deaths of 21 dogs who died from heat exhaustion while in their care last summer in Arizona.
The couple's lawyer stated in a letter that the sheriff's office had a plot to 'harm their reputations by presenting false and misleading information', which caused 'irreparable injury to their good names and future prospects'.
The Flakes case against Arpaio and the sheriff's office is centered around claims including malicious prosecution, conspiracy, abuse of process, negligence, defamation, false light invasion of privacy, and intentional and/or negligent infliction of emotional distress, according to their lawyer's statement.
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They found 21 canines dead which the sheriff's department investigators concluded likely died on June 20 from suffocation and heat exhaustion after being confined in a small room that measured eight by 12 foot.
When the bodies of the dogs were found, some of the owners claimed that they were initially told their pets had run away.
Jacqueline Heath, who lost three dogs, told ABC that her home would never be the same.
It still doesn't seem real that I'm never going to see these dogs again,' she told CBS as she broke down in tears. 'We don't have them running around. We're never going to have them to cuddle.'
The dog owners claim that they were told the family would only board a few dogs at a time but a police investigation found more than two dozen dogs were in the small room together.
'Our clients were deceived, attorney John Schill told AZFamily. 'They were told their dogs would be boarded at a Disneyland-type facility, where the dogs would run free.
'In reality, it was 28 dogs crammed into a nine-by-twelve [foot] room, where they died.'
As the Flakes file their claim against Maricopa County, one woman whose two dogs died at the kennel is 'shocked' that they are going from suspects to alleged victims.
Valerie Collins said: 'It’s like slapping [the dog owners] in the face. How could this be happening?'
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