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WATCH: Police officer arrests naked woman after 'illegally' entering her house

A police report says the officer forced her to “look into his eyes” as he “lectured” her, in handcuffs.

A WOMAN IN the US state of Arizona is planning a lawsuit after a police officer entered her home when she emerged from the shower, before arresting her while she was naked.

Esmerelda Rossi, from the Phoenix suburb of Chandler, says she felt “helpless and violated” during the episode, which was filmed by her teenage daughter and posted online.

On the evening of 25 March, Rossi was having a shower when two police officers called at her home to inquire about a domestic dispute earlier that day.

She went to the door in her towel, and asked the police, whom she described as “aggressive”, to wait there while she got her mobile phone.

According to a statement from her lawyer, Marc Victor, Officer Doug Rose then illegally entered the house, followed Rossi into her kitchen, “and proceeded to intimidate, bully and threaten” her.

Rossi attempted to film the encounter on her phone, as did her daughter, whose footage emerged earlier this week.

It’s not clear exactly what happened in the moments leading up to the video, but Rose can be heard threatening to detain Rossi, who resists and moves away from him.

In his account, provided to an internal police investigation, Rose presented Rossi as uncooperative and antagonistic, saying she “dared him to arrest her.”

The footage shows Rose saying “Do you want to go to jail tonight?” and approaching Rossi, before grabbing her by her wrist as she pleads “I didn’t do anything,” and “Don’t touch me.”

Her 15-year-old daughter, who is filming on her phone, can be heard crying throughout the incident.

Warning: This video may be upsetting to some viewers.

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Although Rossi is visibly holding just a towel around herself, the officer notes: “You have absolutely no clothes on?”, before proceeding to put her in handcuffs, causing her to become naked.

Rossi’s lawyer alleges Rose then forced her to remain naked while he “lectured” her for 10 minutes.

This is corroborated by the officer who investigated a complaint against Rose, after watching the footage recorded by Rose’s partner David Selvidge:

While speaking with her, Officer Rose demands that Esmerelda looks him in the eyes. Esmerelda is clearly upset and trembling from the arrest.

Rossi’s daughter was eventually given the key to free her from the handcuffs, and Rossi was never charged with any crime.

The internal police investigation cleared the second officer, Selvidge, but concluded that Officer Rose had illegally entered the house, not having a warrant or any probable cause.

Furthermore, it found that he had breached regulations by failing to mention crucial components of the encounter in his incident report.

However, Rose retired from the Chandler police department in May, before any internal sanction could be brought against him.

Now, Rossi’s lawyer says a lawsuit against the city of Chandler is pending.

Speaking to local TV station ABC 15, Rossi said:

I felt helpless. I felt violated. And honestly, I felt molested.

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    Sep 25th 2018, 7:51 PM

    Throw away the key!!

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    Sep 25th 2018, 10:53 PM

    @Steve T: No need , 3 years may as well be 50 for an 81 year old .

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    Mute Sarah Connor
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    Sep 25th 2018, 8:56 PM

    Infuriating arguments. “Legally Blind” does not mean can’t see, it means vision impaired (in fairness, to a significant measure, but usually can still see), and in the current photos he does not look “frail” at all. Even if he was a frail blind man, why exactly would that mean he shouldn’t serve time?

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    Sep 25th 2018, 8:01 PM

    So three years then.

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    Sep 25th 2018, 8:09 PM

    @O Swetenham: Shocking that it can end up as low as 3 years. 10 years is too low as well but at least there would be a good chance he would then die in prison so there’d be little chance of him getting out again.

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    Sep 25th 2018, 8:59 PM

    3 years. Thought Ireland was bad.

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    Sep 25th 2018, 7:47 PM

    Hey,Hey,Hey!!!

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    Sep 25th 2018, 9:01 PM

    Bill Crosby, an icon. How many of today’s celebrities will be exposed for who they really are in the future. Be careful who you idolize, if your into that sort of thing.

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    Sep 25th 2018, 8:02 PM

    Great to see a sadistic vile sexual predator jailed. All they have to do now is to jail Trump and his group of sexual predators that he calls fine people :)

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    Sep 25th 2018, 7:46 PM

    Hey hey hey , all the way to rest of his life in prison.

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    Sep 25th 2018, 9:19 PM

    Don’t really understand this system. 3 years or 10 years. Which is correct. Both of course not enough but that’s another issue

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    Sep 25th 2018, 10:05 PM

    @Jaune Fujisawa: I think it’s a minimum of 3 years and the rest will depend on his behaviour and attitude towards rehabilitation in prison. For example he claims he’s not guilty and shows no remorse so is likely to refuse treatment. If that remains the case it’s likely to be more than 3 years.

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    Sep 25th 2018, 8:03 PM

    A bipen and a bobben all the way to hell

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    Sep 25th 2018, 8:33 PM

    The thing is that he was always criticising black kids..about how they behave.. dressed . ECT. .. In other words an Uncle Tom . I’m glad he got his cumupance. . Hey Hey Hey .

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    Sep 25th 2018, 9:27 PM

    @Brendan Oconnor: Yeah because that’s the big point here, he’s an Uncle Tom.

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    Sep 25th 2018, 9:18 PM

    Knew he wasn’t a nice man years ago, as his old friend Robert culp got him a job starring in an old tv show I Spy, when not many black actors got work, culp put his kneck on the line for him, years later when Cosby was a huge star culp asked him for a favor and a role, Cosby replied he was too busy! Knew he was a you know what then, but this is beyond belief, “USA TVs daddy”??? Should throw away the key his age stardom is irrelevant!!

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    Sep 25th 2018, 8:10 PM

    * claps hands *

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    Sep 26th 2018, 1:24 AM

    The fact that he is now old, “legally blind” and frail should not enter into it. He committed a heinous crime and that should be the only consideration.

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    Sep 25th 2018, 11:47 PM

    I am a softie, would usually feel distressed at the prospect of an elderly person, partially blind, being sent to prison. But not in this case. Bill Cosby was a very famous and powerful person. He could have had hundreds of girls very willing to sleep with him. Instead, he chose to drug and rape those vulnerable girls who came to him for help, hope and encouragement in their career. There is something sick in his psyche.
    So now, he gets to know how it feels to be vulnerable. Learning it, too late in his life. And, by the way, very few are taken in by his feeble, old blind man, fumbling his way about behaviour.. He was always a good actor.

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    Sep 26th 2018, 2:53 AM

    Dont drop the soap in the shower Bill or it’ll be Zip zop wop bobbity bop for you :-)

    Take some Quaaludes,ease the pain man ;-)

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    Sep 26th 2018, 1:10 AM

    The clergy commited worse crimes
    And nothing happened to them
    Just transferred to other places
    To continue at it

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    Sep 25th 2018, 9:24 PM

    What a mad world, who’d have thought crosby was that sort…

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    Sep 26th 2018, 1:12 AM

    Just stating I’m not condoning
    What Cosby done

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    Sep 25th 2018, 11:04 PM

    Billy baby these sadists wont bother drugging you before sex where you’re going.

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    Sep 25th 2018, 11:48 PM

    @Frankie Mangan: lol

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    Sep 25th 2018, 9:22 PM

    What a mad world, who’d have thought crosby was a paedo

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    Sep 25th 2018, 10:06 PM

    @Paul Wallace: Cosby* isn’t. His victim was an adult.

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    Sep 26th 2018, 5:05 PM

    Hey, hey, hey, “Grip it & Rip it ( his arse ), here comes a “Fat Albert” right up the Hershey Highway!

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