L.a. City Council Candidate Stays In Race After Report That He Stabbed A Boy At Age 12

Jordan Rivers, who is moving to correspond a harbor-area territory connected nan Los Angeles City Council, said he will proceed his run aft a study surfaced that he stabbed a neighbour erstwhile he was 12.

Rivers, 22, is nan sole challenger to incumbent Tim McOsker successful nan June 2 superior election.

In a lawsuit, Nicholas Parszik and his parents alleged that Rivers stabbed Nicholas, past 8, while nan 2 boys were playing video games successful nan car shed of Nicholas’ San Pedro location connected July 30, 2016.

Rivers “stabbed Nicholas many times astir nan cervix and enarthrosis areas,” inflicting “severe and life threatening beingness and affectional injuries,” nan suit said.

On Monday, Rivers said it was an “accident” that happened a decade ago.

“I do not judge that past situations aliases so past mistakes specify aliases find who a personification is aliases what they are,” he said successful a statement.

Rivers, who is Black, said that an first media study astir nan suit had “a group undertone” and seemed meant to harm his estimation up of nan election.

The California Post first reported nan suit connected Monday, which was besides nan past time for candidates to retreat paperwork to tally for office.

McOsker is seeking a 2nd word representing District 15, which includes Harbor City, Harbor Gateway, San Pedro, Watts and Wilmington.

“I americium saddened and troubled that this happened present successful our community, and my bosom breaks for nan unfortunate and his family. I dream they person gotten nan attraction needed. My agency will beryllium present to supply defense and support for anybody who has been traumatized by this incident,” McOsker said successful a statement.

Asked whether Rivers should withdraw, McOsker run advisor Dave Jacobson said, “Only Mr. Rivers could determine whether to run, and only he tin determine whether he should enactment successful nan race.”

Rivers, who listed his business arsenic “community organizer” connected run filings, has not reported immoderate run donations. By Dec. 31, McOsker’s run had raised complete $190,000, according to nan city’s Ethics Commission.

Juvenile criminal records are sealed. Rivers said that rule enforcement “got involved” but that he did not service clip successful juvenile hall.

Paul Parszik, Nicholas’ father, said he was doing dishes erstwhile he heard screaming from nan car shed and Nicholas ran into nan location pinch stab wounds connected his cervix and shoulders.

Paul Parszik recalled shoving his fingers into nan wounds to staunch nan bleeding.

Nicholas afloat recovered and is astir to move 18, his begetter said, but still has beingness scars.

In an question and reply pinch The Times, Rivers denied attacking Nicholas. He said he had been cooking and accidentally brought a cooking weapon to nan younger boy’s home.

He forgot that he had put nan weapon nether a video crippled controller, and nan 2 began “play fighting,” he said.

Rivers said he didn’t announcement thing was incorrect until Nicholas was already injured.

Rivers’ mother, Eunice Rivers, wrote successful a 2016 filing successful nan suit that her boy “was eating an pome and had a mini peeler successful his manus to trim his pome erstwhile nan Plaintiff started wrestling pinch nan Defendant. While wrestling Plaintiff Nicholas was injured.”

Eunice Rivers settled nan case, which was revenge successful Los Angeles County Superior Court, for $10,000 successful 2018. The colony did not see an admittance of fault.

In an October tribunal filing, Paul Parszik claimed that Eunice Rivers ne'er paid nan colony and owes $7,941.71 successful interest.

Parszik said nan suit was chiefly intended to unit nan Rivers family to move away, which they did not do.

He plans to be Rivers’ run rallies.

“I can’t hold to spell location and spell to his first rally and say, ‘Hey, you stabbed my kid and you person nary remorse,’” he said.