Ivory Madison

Here's How Ivory Madison Plans to Vote in the District 5 Supervisor Race (Video)

Ross Mirkarimi's neighbor, Ivory Madison, is back in the limelight again, but this time, she's going after Supervisor Christina Olague, who, as Madison claims, thinks it's okay for a cop to abuse his wife and still run a law enforcement agency.The really rich anti-Olague folks put together this last ... More >>

Ross Mirkarimi Hearing: Eliana Lopez Says She Wan't Abused, She Just Bruises Easily

Eliana Lopez continued her testimony last night, where she denied that her husband, Ross Mirkarimi, abused her during the couple's domestic dispute on New Year's Eve, which ultimately led to Mirkarimi's suspension as the county sheriff. In her testimony, she detailed the New Year's Eve argument in w ... More >>

Ross Mirkarimi Hearing: Eliana Lopez Talks About the Domestic Dispute With Her Husband

Eliana Lopez's testimony was like watching a live taping of Telemundo; there were laughs, cries, boo's, and applause as she testified, sometimes with a little sass, on her husband's behalf at City Hall last night. Lopez, a well-known Venezuelan soap opera star, smirked, smiled, rolled her eyes, and ... More >>

Ross Mirkarimi Hearing: Suspended Sheriff Testifies Before Ethics Commission

Sheriff-in-limbo Ross Mirkarimi took the stand Thursday evening in his official misconduct hearing, where he again expressed remorse for his "act of violence" against his wife on New Year's Eve.  As expected, Mayor Ed Lee's legal team took the opportunity to dig into Mirkarimi's conviction for ... More >>

Ross Mirkarimi Hearing: "Ross Is A Victim as Well," Wife Claims in E-mail

Ross Mirkarimi's wife, Eliana Lopez, filed a declaration today for the suspended sheriff's official misconduct hearing. The statement, her first under oath since the couple's Jan. 1 domestic dispute spurred a criminal investigation, explains in detail what she has been saying publicly all along: Her ... More >>

Ross Mirkarimi Hearing: The Drama From the Eyes of Mirkarimi's iPhone

Ross Mirkarimi's text messages with his wife and campaign manager reveal a more personal side to the drama that has unfolded ever since his Dec. 31 domestic dispute, for which he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor false imprisonment.Publicly released yesterday as evidence in Mirkarimi's Ethics Commission ... More >>

Ross Mirkarimi's Text Records Released to Mayor Ed Lee

If you were trying to orchestrate a cover up of your domestic violence, would you be texting your cronies about it?Mayor Ed Lee suspects that Ross Mirkarimi is a texting kind of guy, and his bid to oust the suspended-Sheriff might depend on it. In the week after the dispute where Mirkarimi bruise ... More >>

Eliana Lopez Responds to Release of Emotional Video Showing Her Bruise

(Update 12:50 p.m.): Eliana Lopez responds to the video release. Read after the jump:The Chronicle has obtained the incriminating video that everyone has been waiting for -- the one Eliana Lopez made the day after her husband, Sheriff-in-limbo Ross Mirkarimi, bruised her arm in a domestic dispute. T ... More >>

Are These William Carlos Williams Poems or Ross Mirkarimi Ethics Hearing Excerpts?

Here's a game. Are the following chunks of words William Carlos Williams poems or evidence in the Ross Mirkarimi Ethics Commission hearing? 1) So much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens. 2) I cannot. And neither can he. You have to reject Ivory's act ... More >>

Ross Mirkarimi Hearing: Eliana Lopez Video Allowed, Judge Rules

The now-infamous Eliana Lopez video may be used as evidence in suspended-Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi's ethics hearing, Judge Garrett Wong ruled . The video, in which Lopez tearfully showed a bruise she said her husband gave her, could also eventually become public, as Wong did not tie any restrictions t ... More >>

Ross Mirkarimi Hearing: Judge Grants Eliana Lopez More Time to Fight City Over Video

Update 2:32 pm: Judge Garrett Wong granted Eliana Lopez's attorney's motion for continuance today. This means she will have more time to prepare her argument that the court should not release to the city the video of Lopez describing an alleged domestic assault by her husband, suspended-Sheriff Ross ... More >>

Ross Mirkarimi Hearing: City Attorney Releases Initial List of Witnesses to Testify

Mayor Ed Lee's legal strategy to expel suspended Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi is taking shape as expected. Today his legal team released an initial list of fact witnesses for the Ethics Commission hearing. The witness list seeks testimony from, among others, Mirkarimi's ex-girlfriend Christina Flores, hi ... More >>

Ross Mirkarimi Explains How His Wife Got the Bruise

Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi went on KQED's Forum this morning to finally give the public what they want: a detailed account of what happened between him and his wife, Eliana Lopez, on the morning of Dec. 31, 2011.In an emotional interview with Michael Krasny, Mirkarimi, who was suspended last month witho ... More >>

How the Sheriff Came to This: Mirkarimi's Worst Decisions

Ross Mirkarimi: A Godfather Finish

​Cue The Godfather theme. Fade in on former Mayor Art Agnos' place in Diamond Heights. His court-mandated tenant, Ross Mirkarimi, is sitting on the couch he now calls home. Agnos comes down the stairs into the rumpus room. Ross: Art, what do I do now? The light is beginning to turn reddish as the ... More >>

Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi Pleads Guilty, Stay Away Order Still in Effect

​(Update 1:30 p.m): Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi pleaded guilty this afternoon to one misdemeanor charge of false imprisonment as part of a plea deal. Prosecutors dropped all three charges against the embattled sheriff in connection to his domestic violence case that stunned the San Francisco community. ... More >>

Ross Mirkarimi: Dead Politician Walking

​Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi's belated decision to accept a plea deal ends the increasingly lurid trial surrounding his alleged New Year's Eve manhandling of his wife. If Mirkarimi is hoping to keep any further testimony regarding who's been hiding whose panties in his house or affidavits question ... More >>

Ross Mirkarimi Update: Eliana Lopez Video Admissible, Appeals Panel Rules

​In the latest of a string of pre-trial successes for prosecutors, a San Francisco Superior Court appellate panel ruled today that a video of Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi's wife describing how he physically abused her can be admitted as evidence in Mirkarimi's domestic-violence trial.As the San Francisc ... More >>

"Exotic," "Lusty, Busty": SJ Merc Explores Mirkarimi Trial's Sexy Angle

​The saga of Ross Mirkarimi and his bruised wife Eliana Lopez is making the rounds coast-to-coast today, with an Associated Press report on the San Francisco sheriff's trial on domestic abuse charges appearing in hundreds of media outlets around the country.Mirkarimi's trial was to begin with open ... More >>

Ross Mirkarimi Trial: Wife's Video Displaying Bruises Admissable in Court

​A Judge ruled this morning that the video Sheriff  Ross Mirkarimi's wife made with a neighbor detailing the sheriff's alleged physical abuse will be allowed as evidence. This, of course, is a huge victory for the prosecution, which has stated that without this scathing video -- which reveals ... More >>

Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi Gets New, "Impartial" Judge for Trial

​Ross Mirkarimi's attorney successfully got her client's domestic violence case reassigned to a judge who she says will be fair and partial toward the embattled sheriff.According to new outlets, Mirkarimi appeared in court this morning with his attorney, Lidia Stiglich, who claimed that Judge Susa ... More >>

Ross Mirkarimi Loses Fight to Lift Restraining Order, More Texts from His Wife Revealed

​Mirkarimi's wife told neighbor about potential child neglect episode in which son was left in the car and not being fed. Mirkarimi has gone to three counseling sessions. A Superior Court judge refused to lift a restraining order Thursday preventing Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi from seeing his wife, Eli ... More >>

Analysis: Damning Text Messages Emerge in Ross Mirkarimi Spouse Abuse Case

​One of the major missing pieces in the domestic-violence case against newly elected Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi emerged during his arraignment on three misdemeanor counts yesterday: Text messages and e-mails, allegedly sent by his wife, that prosecutors say demonstrate her concerns that Mirkarimi was ... More >>

Ross Mirkarimi Update: Prosecutors Read Alleged Text Messages from Wife, Judge Issues Stay Away Order

Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi appears in court ... for his own hearing​Update: (4:41 p.m.): Judge Susan Breall issues stay away order, barring Sheriff from seeing his family. Meanwhile, prosecutors read Eliana Lopez's text messages in court. Read updated story below.Original story: Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi ... More >>

Ross Mirkarimi Update: Eliana Lopez Admits She Talked to Neighbor, But Denies Abuse

​Eliana Lopez once again publicly denied having been abused by her husband, Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, this time telling a Venezuelan radio station that she spoke to her neighbor, Ivory Madison, detailing only a "disagreement" with Mirkarimi "like all couples have." Moreover, Lopez questioned Madison ... More >>

Ross Mirkarimi Update: Sheriff Goes "Ballistic" During Fight with Wife, Warrant Says

​Police Interview Second Witness In Domestic Violence Incident A copy of Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi's arrest warrant was released to the media today, painting a disturbing picture of what allegedly took place between Mirkarimi and his wife, Eliana Lopez, during a reported New Year's Eve domestic dispu ... More >>

Ross Mirkarimi to Face Three Misdemeanors, Sources Say

​Sources tell SF Weekly that elected sheriff Ross Mirkarimi is expected to hold a press conference today, responding to domestic violence charges leveled against him. A source tells SF Weekly that the District Attorney will file three charges against Mirkarimi, including battery and child endange ... More >>

Ross Mirkarimi Update: Neighbor Who Reported Domestic Violence Fundraised for New Sheriff

Yesterday was the first time newly minted Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi talked publicly about allegations that he physically abused his wife, Eliana Lopez, in a New Year's Eve domestic violence dispute. Not surprisingly, Mirkarimi gave a flat-out "no" when asked whether he had ever abused his wife. He even ... More >>

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