Charlie Beck

And to most people that would just kind of add to the whole coverup conspiracy theory.

As far as fallout in the aftermath of the conviction, LAPD Chief Charlie Beck said in a statement that the LAPD family felt a sense of betrayal to have an officer commit such a terrible crime.

A lawsuit filed by Sherry's parents for wrongful death, the intentional infliction of emotional distress, fraudulent concealment, and violation of their civil rights was dismissed due to issues with the statute of limitations on those kinds of claims.

This is kind of upsetting because they had suspected the entire time that the case was unsolved that an LAPD officer had killed Cherry, but they couldn't prove it until after Stephanie Lazarus was convicted.

Yeah.

And, you know, one year they honored the chief of the LAPD, Charlie Beckett, Joe Maximo.

Homeboy was going mainstream.

Yeah.