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Circuit Attorney Taking 'a Fresh Look' at Case Against Cop Who Demanded Sex

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Prosecutors will take another look at a two-year-old case involving a St. Louis police officer who allegedly coerced a domestic violence victim into giving him oral sex, a spokeswoman for the office of Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner said yesterday.

Susan Ryan, a spokeswoman for Gardner, said the office would "take a fresh look" at the allegations against the officer.

The June 2015 incident gained new attention this week after filmmaker Matt Houchin released a short documentary featuring extensive interviews with victim Brittany Walker. Walker, who is Houchin's cousin, also told her story to the Riverfront Times, detailing her suicidal feelings after she acquiesced to the officer's demands.

Walker, then 25, was six months pregnant and had called the police for help after her estranged husband took the family car.…

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