Overview

• Judge Diana Kenworthy accepted a plea to a reduced battery count and dismissed the remaining charges, including official misconduct and theft.
• Scott must complete an anger management program and have no contact with the 43-year-old victim under the probation terms.
• The court’s decertification order bars Scott from future employment as a police officer in Illinois.
• Court records say the July 1, 2024 encounter began when the man recorded in the station lobby to file a complaint, after which Scott knocked away his phone and struck him.
• Mayor Darren Bryant put Scott on unpaid leave that day, requested a Cook County sheriff’s public integrity investigation, and later moved to fire him before Scott resigned.