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Nude image distribution case paused after ex-Napa County deputy cites PTSD, sex addiction
Prosecution of a former Napa County Sheriff’s deputy for distributing nude pictures of a woman has been paused after he asserted mental health issues including sex addiction and posttraumatic stress disorder. Visiting Napa County Superior Court Judge Julie M. Conger granted a request for mental health diversion to former deputy James Robert Fotherby, 44, of […] The post Nude image distribution case paused after ex-Napa County deputy cites PTSD, sex addiction appeared first on Local News Matters .
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Prosecution of a former Napa County Sheriff’s deputy for distributing nude pictures of a woman has been paused after he asserted mental health issues including sex addiction and posttraumatic stress disorder. Visiting Napa County Superior Court Judge Julie M. Conger granted a request for mental health diversion to former deputy James Robert Fotherby, 44, of […] The post Nude image distribution case paused after ex-Napa County deputy cites PTSD, sex addiction appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s linked report, Nude image distribution case paused after ex-Napa County deputy cites PTSD, sex addiction, Prosecution of a former Napa County Sheriff’s deputy for distributing nude pictures of a woman has been paused after he asserted mental health issues including sex addiction and posttraumatic stress disorder. Visiting Napa County Superior Court Judge Julie M. Conger granted a request for mental health diversion to former deputy James Robert Fotherby, 44, of […] The post Nude image distribution case paused after ex-Napa County deputy cites PTSD, sex addiction appeared first on Local News Matters .
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