An ex-detective accused of abusing women died in an apparent suicide as his trial was starting
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Authorities say a white ex-police detective in Kansas accused of sexually assaulting Black women has died in an apparent suicide at his home.

A white Kansas police detective accused of sexually assaulting Black women and girls — and terrorizing those who tried to fight back — is dead, prosecutors said as his trial was set to begin Monday.

Prosecutors say female residents of poor neighborhoods in Kansas City, Kansas, feared that if they crossed paths with Roger Golubski, he’d demand sexual favors and threaten to harm or jail their relatives.

Golubski, 71, was facing six felony counts of violating women’s civil rights. But he did not appear in court Monday morning for the start of jury selection. Prosecutors later confirmed in court that Golubski has died. They did not say how or when he died.

  • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
    361·
    2 days ago

    his lead attorney, Christopher Joseph, said his client “was despondent about the media coverage.” He did not elaborate.

    U.S. District Judge Toby Crouse dismissed the case against Golubski at prosecutors’ request. Joseph called the death “truly unexpected.”

    Sounds like suicide. No great loss, it seems.

    • mosiacmango@lemm.ee
      33·
      2 days ago

      No real justice for those women he raped, but at least he wont hurt anyone else now.

      EDIT:

      Jesus, this guy was an immense piece of ACAB shit for 35 years. The above barely scratches his evil. Read the whole article to see just a list of crimes and abuse:

      The inquiry into Golubski stems from the case of Lamonte McIntyre, who started writing to McCloskey’s nonprofit nearly two decades ago.

      McIntyre was just 17 in 1994 when he was arrested and charged in connection with a double homicide, within hours of the crimes. He had an alibi; no physical evidence linked him to the killings; and an eyewitness believed the killer was an underling of a local drug dealer. Golubski and the dealer have since been charged in a separate federal case of running a violent sex trafficking operation.

      The eyewitness only testified that McIntyre was the killer after Golubski and a now disbarred attorney threatened to take her children away, she alleged in a lawsuit.

      McIntyre’s mother said in a 2014 affidavit that she wonders whether her refusal to grant regular sexual favors to Golubski prompted him to retaliate against her son.

      In 2022, the local government agreed to pay $12.5 million to McIntyre and his mother to settle a lawsuit after a deposition in which Golubski invoked his Fifth Amendment right to remain silent 555 times. The state also paid McIntyre $1.5 million.

      A bullet on his back porch was far too kind for this motherfucker.

      • Thassodar@lemm.eeEnglish
        4·
        2 days ago

        I remember reading about this guy when some site did a deep dive, and I was thinking this guy was the real life version of The Shield, and still alive! Based on how many people he fucked over, and his notoriety, I can’t say I’m surprised he ended up dead.

        It would be a shame if it was suicide, but I’m hoping someone got justice and they’re just going to sweep it under the rug.

    • AbidanYre@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      2 days ago

      The guy was sad that the media was being mean after he was a sadistic piece of crap for decades?

      Fuck him, the world is a better place without him in it.