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DENVER—A Denver police officer who appeared as a contestant on the TV show “American Gladiators” has been cleared by a jury in a civil lawsuit alleging excessive force and illegal arrest.
A jury Thursday found no merit to allegations that Officer Vicki Ferrari roughed up the manager of a Grease Monkey auto services store and placed handcuffs on him so tight that he was in pain. The manager in June 2007 had asked Ferrari to move her police cruiser that was blocking traffic.
Neither internal affairs nor the city’s independent police monitor were able to substantiate the manager’s claims.
Another federal lawsuit alleging excessive force is pending against Denver officer Abbegayle Dorn, another contestant on the NBC reality show.
