Overview

• Rocky River law director Michael O’Shea released video footage, 911 calls and police reports on July 15 in response to a public records request.
• The recordings capture Dr. Feras Hamdan using homophobic and antisemitic slurs against Rep. Max Miller but do not show the alleged death threats or car swerving.
• A Cuyahoga County grand jury indicted Hamdan on felony ethnic intimidation and tampering with evidence along with misdemeanor aggravated menacing and menacing charges.
• Defense attorney Issa Elkhatib called Miller’s allegations "false and based on lies" and asserted that the evidence will exonerate his client.
• Hamdan remains free on a $500,000 bond with a July 25 arraignment scheduled at the Cuyahoga County Justice Center.