Chris Holden

Councilman Chris Holden has filed for a legal separation from his wife, Michelle E. Holden, who pleaded no contest last year to sexual intercourse with their 15-year-old male baby-sitter. Chris Holden, 39, the son of Los Angeles Councilman Nate Holden, cited irreconcilable differences with his wife of 10 years as the reason for the separation, said Chris Holden's attorney, M. Lynda Sheridan.

With no public notice or discussion, the Los Angeles City Council voted Friday to spend an initial $75,000 to hire defense attorney Mark Geragos to represent Councilman Nate Holden against allegations that he forced a staffer to work on his political campaign on city time. Council members voted 11 to 0 to approve the contract with Geragos after Council President Alex Padilla presented them with a special motion that allowed lawmakers to act without posting the matter on their agenda.

Councilwoman Ann-Marie Villicana, who narrowly missed a runoff to become the city's first elected mayor in 88 years, has endorsed Mayor Chris Holden for the office. Contending that a victory for former Mayor Bill Bogaard would be a "step backward" for the city, Villicana said Holden will be a pro-business mayor and less willing to raise taxes than Bogaard, who served as mayor in 1985.

Councilman Chris Holden has filed for a legal separation from his wife, Michelle E. Holden, who pleaded no contest last year to sexual intercourse with their 15-year-old male baby-sitter. Chris Holden, 39, the son of Los Angeles Councilman Nate Holden, cited irreconcilable differences with his wife of 10 years as the reason for the separation, said Chris Holden's attorney, M. Lynda Sheridan.

Business owners involved in a handful of controversial multimillion-dollar development projects in the Koreatown section of Los Angeles City Councilman Nate Holden's district have donated large amounts of money to the Pasadena mayoral campaign of the councilman's son, Christopher R. Holden. Some of the contributors say that they were directly asked to give to the younger Holden's campaign by current and former aides to the councilman.

The wife of Pasadena's mayor was arrested last week on suspicion of having sexual relations with a 16-year-old boy, police said Monday. Michelle Elizabeth Holden, 35, the wife of Pasadena Mayor Chris Holden, was booked Thursday on felony charges of oral copulation with a minor and sexual intercourse with a minor and released later that day after posting $20,000 bail, authorities said.

The district attorney's office said Thursday that there is insufficient evidence to pursue allegations by Los Angeles City Councilman Nate Holden that a sheriff's lieutenant attempted to extort money from him and his son, Pasadena Mayor Chris Holden. The councilman alleged that he and his son were told by Los Angeles County Sheriff's Lt. Ron Williams at a Pasadena restaurant Aug. 26 that there had been rumors of threats against the Holdens.

The Pasadena Board of Directors reelected William E. Thomson Jr. to a second one-year term as mayor this week and reelected Jess Hughston as vice mayor. Chris Holden, who was elected by voters in March to represent the 3rd District in northwest Pasadena, was sworn into office to succeed Loretta Thompson-Glickman, who retired after 12 years on the board.

The Pasadena City Council on Monday unanimously selected Councilman Chris Holden as the city's mayor for the coming year. Holden, 36, son of Los Angeles Councilman Nate Holden, succeeds the often-controversial William Paparian in the largely ceremonial role, which traditionally rotates every two years among council members. Although the post has evolved into a demanding job in recent years, the mayor has no veto power and earns the same $400-a-month salary as the six other council members.

Los Angeles Councilman Nate Holden alleged Tuesday that he and his son, the mayor of Pasadena, were asked for a bribe by a Sheriff's Department official who said the money would make an unlawful sex case against the lawmaker's daughter-in-law "go away." The councilman said he and his son, Chris Holden, were solicited for an undisclosed sum of money by a lieutenant at a Pasadena restaurant three months ago.

A sheriff's captain has dropped a defamation suit he filed three months ago against Los Angeles City Councilman Nate Holden and his son, Chris, a member of Pasadena's City Council. Capt. Ronnie Williams alleged in his suit that the father and son politicos falsely accused him of soliciting bribes from them. The Holdens say they were told during a meeting at the Green Street Restaurant in Pasadena that they were targets of a "hit" and could pay to make the problem go away.

A Los Angeles County sheriff's lieutenant filed a libel suit Tuesday against Pasadena City Councilman Chris Holden and his father, Los Angeles City Councilman Nate Holden, alleging that they falsely accused him of soliciting a bribe from them. The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, is the latest fallout from the sexual abuse case against Chris Holden's wife, Michelle. The libel action counters a civil suit filed in early August by Nate Holden alleging that Lt. Ronnie M.

Three days after her husband stepped down as the mayor of Pasadena, Michelle E. Holden tearfully halted what would have been a sordid trial, pleading no contest to a felony count of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor--the couple's 15-year-old male baby-sitter. With the plea bargain, Holden, 35, and the mother of four small children, avoids a state prison term and having to register as a sex offender. Instead, when Superior Court Judge Joseph F.

Susan H. McDougal, no stranger to trials of political intrigue, unexpectedly showed up Wednesday at the statutory rape trial of Michelle E. Holden, wife of Pasadena Mayor Chris Holden. McDougal said she came to lend support to a fellow target of a prosecutor's political witch hunt. "She is a political victim much as I was a political victim," said McDougal, who was acquitted in federal court in Arkansas last month of obstructing the Whitewater investigation.

The attorney for Michelle Holden, wife of Pasadena's current mayor, said Friday that prosecutors have the wrong victim in a sensational statutory rape case that carries political overtones. Lawyer Mark J. Geragos said he will show that his client, a 35-year-old mother of four, was the victim of a sexual assault by her two teenage accusers and not an instigator, as prosecutors have portrayed her. He described the teenagers as "gangbanger wannabes."

Your April 2 editorial unfairly castigates Pasadena Mayor Chris Holden as someone who has circumvented the campaign contributions law. Holden has run a clean, honorable and aboveboard campaign. Pasadena has a growing Korean population whose members have strong ties to the Korean community in Los Angeles. Culturally, it is normal for that community to reach out to its home base for support on issues and candidates that they believe in. The support was at the behest of our Pasadena Korean residents and has nothing to do with Chris' father, L.A. Councilman Nate Holden.

The wife of Pasadena Mayor Chris Holden was charged Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court with several counts of unlawful sex acts with a teenage minor, the district attorney's office said. Michelle Elizabeth Holden, 35, who was indicted Thursday, pleaded not guilty to all charges. She remained free on $20,000 bail. The mother of four was charged with six felonies involving a minor--one count of sexual intercourse, four counts of oral copulation and one count of a lewd act.

Chris Holden, who is running for election as mayor of Pasadena, has received $45,000 from contributors who do business in the Koreatown section of Los Angeles. His father, Nate Holden, who is running for reelection to the Los Angeles City Council, just happens to represent Koreatown. Actually, happenstance has nothing to do with it. Aides to Nate Holden, whose contributions are limited by Los Angeles ethics laws, specifically asked some Koreatown businessmen to give money to the younger Holden.

Chris Holden, who is running for election as mayor of Pasadena, has received $45,000 from contributors who do business in the Koreatown section of Los Angeles. His father, Nate Holden, who is running for reelection to the Los Angeles City Council, just happens to represent Koreatown. Actually, happenstance has nothing to do with it. Aides to Nate Holden, whose contributions are limited by Los Angeles ethics laws, specifically asked some Koreatown businessmen to give money to the younger Holden.

Business owners involved in a handful of controversial multimillion-dollar development projects in the Koreatown section of Los Angeles City Councilman Nate Holden's district have donated large amounts of money to the Pasadena mayoral campaign of the councilman's son, Christopher R. Holden. Some of the contributors say that they were directly asked to give to the younger Holden's campaign by current and former aides to the councilman.