Nevada governor asks federal judge to shield phone records from woman suing over assault claim

Nevada governor asks judge to shield phone records

LAS VEGAS — Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons wants a federal judge to shield his phone records from a former cocktail waitress who accuses him of accosting her outside a Las Vegas restaurant in 2006.

Gibbons’ attorneys argue in documents filed this week that releasing the records to Chrissy Mazzeo’s lawyer would violate Gibbons’ privacy and a court order limiting evidence collection in Mazzeo’s federal lawsuit against the governor.

Mazzeo attorney Robert Kossack said Thursday he wants to know who Gibbons talked to after the encounter with Mazzeo in a parking garage outside the restaurant.

Mazzeo accuses Gibbons of assaulting her and orchestrating a cover-up in October 2006 just before the then-congressman was elected governor.

Gibbons has said the woman’s allegations are “simply false.”

Information from: Las Vegas Review-Journal, www.lvrj.com