


The Macomb County mother of a teen who fell asleep in a Detroit courtroom while on a field trip earlier this year is facing criminal charges after allegedly assaulting a family member.
Latoreya Till, 41, of Clinton Township, was charged last week with misdemeanor assault and battery for assaulting her own aunt, a 71-year-old Detroit woman, while she was intoxicated, according to the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office.
If convicted, she faces up to 93 days in jail and $500 in fines.
Prosecutors said Till attacked her aunt at the woman’s Detroit home on Duchess Street at Whittier, near Moross Road and Interstate 94 on Dec. 10.
No further details were released about the circumstances leading up to the incident or how badly her aunt was injured.
The charges come four months after Till filed a civil lawsuit against 36th District Court Judge Kenneth King after he had Till’s 15-year-old daughter handcuffed and jailed when she fell asleep in his courtroom during an Aug. 13 field trip.
The 50-plus page lawsuit, filed by Fieger law, claims the judge handcuffed Till’s daughter, Eva Goodman, had her put in jail garb, jailed her, and made her stand in front of her peers for a “fake trial” involving threats of ongoing youth home detention.
The teen’s attorneys say she suffered severe emotional pain and suffering, mental anguish, severe emotional distress, humiliation and mortification.
The lawsuit also accused King of “publicly punish(ing) and demean(ing) her by broadcasting his own rendition of ‘Scared Straight,’” a reality show set inside a prison.
King later told the Detroit Free Press he “wasn’t trying to punish (Goodman)” and was “trying to serve as a deterrence” by showing her court proceedings “were not a joke.”
Till also told the newspaper her daughter was extra tired because they did not have a permanent home to sleep in at that time.
King was transferred from the bench to undergo sensitivity training, but has since returned as a traffic court judge. He was also removed from two classes he was slated to teach at Wayne State University this fall.
For the alleged assault of her aunt, Till was arraigned on Friday in 36th District Court. She was given a $5,000 personal bond.
She is due back in court on Dec. 20.