On Tuesday, attorney Michael Rains claimed at a press conference that the woman known as “Celeste Guap” instigated contact with Bay Area officers. She’s the teen at the center of a scandal that has Oakland police officers facing criminal charges and professional disciplinary actions.

Rains said that Guap initiated Facebook friendships with the officers and began “graphic” conversations. He said some officers stopped communicating with her, but others continued to converse with Guap and their subsequent actions are now being charged as crimes. He called these officers’ actions “unfortunate” and “regrettable.”

This came moments after a retired Oakland police sergeant’s scheduled arraignment on a charge relating to the Guap scandal was postponed.

Read the rest of the story by Rachel Loyd at Oakland North.

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