U.S. Rep. Jim Gibbons (R-NV) was elected governor of Nevada last week despite the allegations of late-night carousing and sexual assault involving a cocktail waitress three decades his junior. A new round of subpoenas suggests police may be looking at whether obstruction of justice occurred in the case.
Local law enforcement investigating the allegations made by Chrissy Mazzeo has subpoenaed the phone records of all those in the Gibbons’ party on that fateful Friday the 13th of October, according to the Las Vegas Sun:
Metro Police have subpoenaed telephone records of Republican Gov.-elect Jim Gibbons, political strategist Sig Rogich and other witnesses in the investigation into allegations that Gibbons assaulted a woman and tried to force himself on her sexually.
Home and cell phone records of everyone who was drinking with Gibbons and Rogich at McCormick & Schmick’s restaurant before the Oct. 13 alleged assault on Chrissy Mazzeo were among the records subpoenaed, sources close to the investigation told the Sun.
It’s not clear whether the phone records were subpoened as part of the investigation of Mazzeo’s underlying assault claim or her later claim that she was pressured into keeping silent about the incident. Another possible area of interest for law enforcement is the security video from the parking garage where the incident is alleged to have happened, which went missing for several days before being turned over to police.
Police plan another round of witness interviews, including of the governor-elect himself, according to the Sun.
