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Girls In a Courthouse
Singer Nina Diaz and bassist Jenn Alva of Girl In a Coma will attend a preliminary hearing for their felony assault on a peace officer charges June 9 at the 209th State District Court in Houston. The band will play at Fitzgerald’s that night.
Kent Schaffer, the pair’s attorney, said the Grand Jury probably won’t hear the case until September, when GIAC wraps up a summer tour. Although Diaz and Alva are not required to testify in person before the Grand Jury, Schaffer said they’ve decided to.
In the case against Diaz, 21, and Alva, 29, two off-duty police officers hired by Chances nightclub in Houston’s Montrose district, charge both women with striking the officers while being detained.
The incident started when Diaz and her boyfriend engaged in horseplay that one of the officers thought was a fight. Schaffer said that when the officer threw the boyfriend up against the bar, Diaz protested and said ‘he didn’t do anything!’ The defense attorney said he has witnesses that saw the officer backhand Diaz.
“Jenn saw that and came running from the other room when she was tackled from behind by the other officer,” said Schaffer. “She fought him off until she saw that he was a police officer.”
Chances nightclub manager Nick Vastakis told the Houston Press in April that he backed the officers’ version, saying that Diaz “was hellbent on going to jail.”
We’ll keep following this story, as well as what’s been happening on the musical side. GIAC plays Emo’s main room Saturday.
(Booking photos provided by the Harris County Sheriff’s Office)
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