SF Sheriff Pleads Guilty To False Imprisonment
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- San Francisco sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, facing trial over domestic violence charges, has pleaded guilty to false imprisonment.
Mirkarimi entered the plea Monday morning in a San Francisco courtroom. He was fined $590 and sentenced to three years of probation and a year of counseling. He will also be required to take parenting classes.
He had pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor domestic violence battery, child endangerment and dissuading a witness for allegedly grabbing his wife in front of their toddler son New Year's Eve.
His wife, Venezuelan actress Eliana Lopez, later denied she was the victim of domestic violence.
A three-judge panel ruled Friday that a video in which Lopez displayed bruises on her arm while tearfully describing the incident could be used as evidence.
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