Defendant Deobra Redden leaps over the desk of Judge Mary Kay Holthus during his sentencing in a felony battery case in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024.Photo by Clark County District Court via AP

Man to serve 26 to 65 years for courtroom attack on Nevada judge

The video of Deobra Redden's leaping attack on Judge Mary Kay Holthus as she was about to deliver a sentence in a separate felony battery case went viral

· National Post

LAS VEGAS — A man who was captured on video attacking a judge in a Las Vegas courtroom after vaulting over her bench and desk has been sentenced to decades in prison.

Deobra Redden was ordered on Tuesday to serve between 26 and 65 years in a Nevada prison for the attack on Clark County District Court Judge Mary Kay Holthus, KLAS-TV in Las Vegas reported.

Redden, 31, pleaded guilty but mentally ill in September to attempted murder and other charges, ending his trial shortly after Holthus had testified that she feared for her life when Redden vaulted over her 4-foot-high (1.2-meter-high) bench and landed on her.

WATCH: Las Vegas man attacks judge in courtroom during sentencingLAS VEGAS — A Nevada judge was attacked Wednesday by a defendant in a felony battery case who leaped over a defense table and the judge’s bench, landing atop her and sparking a bloody brawl involving court officials and attorneys, officials and witnesses said.Ken Ritter and Rio Yamat, 04 Jan 2024