Deputy told one victim to "adjust his erect penis."
Houston, Texas
We recently featured a story on Harris County Deputy Constable Christopher Kerr, involving allegations of sexual abuse. There are new developments in the case of the former deputy accused of inappropriately touching women. A grand jury has indicted that ex-deputy constable on a second charge of inappropriate sexual activity with a person in custody.
There are now two victims with similar stories. One of those victims is speaking out.
The two cases against 32-year-old Christopher Kerr happened a month apart last summer. The women in each case allege that while Kerr had them in custody, he touched them inappropriately and against their will.
One of those women is also suing Kerr, his former boss and Harris County in federal court, claiming her civil rights were violated.
Monica Marquez is one of many who are calling Kerr a predator.
"He preyed on me," she said. "I don't know what else to call him besides that. I could probably think of something nicer but it wouldn't be true."
In the incident involving Marquez, court documents report Christopher Kerr stopped he on the Sam Houston Tollway last August. That’s when, according to Marquez, Deputy Kerr handcuffed her and proceeded to grope and fondle her and that Deputy Kerr then placed his hands under her skirt and fondled her.
Marquez says she is not surprised to learn that this week Kerr was indicted in her case and for an similar incident alleged to have happened a month before hers.
"I was also not shocked at all because I was pretty sure he'd done it before," Marquez said. "Because the way that he did it, it was like it was something that he did on a regular basis."
Marquez’s attorney David Bryant said "We should be able to know that the police officers that are out there for our protection are truly going to be out there for our protection."
Marquez is suing because she says Kerr was allowed to resign instead of being fired, which would have allowed him to seek law enforcement employment elsewhere.
The department says he did resign, but only after he was fired.
Kerr faces up to two years in prison for each case.
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