Overview
- Walquiria Cassini filed a federal civil-rights suit on March 5 in the Southern District of Florida naming Detective Amy Hoffman and Sheriff Ric Bradshaw in his official capacity.
- The lawsuit alleges Hoffman fabricated and distorted evidence, gave false testimony at a 2024 hearing, withheld 31 pages of reports, suppressed a cellphone extraction report, and obstructed depositions, while blaming agency oversight failures.
- Prosecutors dismissed all charges in October 2025 after new information surfaced, and the sheriff’s office confirmed Hoffman is the subject of an internal affairs investigation.
- The arrest affidavit cited sex toys, suspicious payments, and an adult site account linked to an IP address, but Cassini’s attorneys say the site had no accounts tied to her and the FBI found no child‑exploitation material on 56 devices.
- Cassini, her fiancé and her son spent months in jail and on house arrest on charges carrying mandatory life sentences, and she still lacks custody of her children with a permanent injunction noted in the suit; the sheriff’s office declined comment citing pending litigation.