CASTLE ROCK, Colo.—A Denver defense attorney faces charges of intimidating and tampering with a witness in a Douglas County case.
Charles Leidner, 64, was free on bond Thursday.
Leidner is representing Timothy Houser, who is accused of patronizing a prostituted child, Douglas County sheriff’s officials said. He was arrested Wednesday at his home in Denver on accusations that in June he improperly approached a 16-year-old girl who was the alleged victim in Houser’s case.
Leidner’s attorney Gary Lozow said his client would respond to the charges in court rather than in the media.
“The accusations here involve egregious undercover efforts by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office to intimidate a defense attorney who was doing his best to represent a client in a difficult case,” Lozow said. He said Leidner has been an attorney for more than 38 years.
A special prosecutor from the 4th Judicial District Attorney’s Office in El Paso County was handling Leidner’s case. Leidner was due in Douglas County Court on Oct. 22.
