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Criminal,
Civil Litigation

Oct. 19, 2020

‘Tarzan’ actor sues over son’s death, DA calls shooting justified

“If any new evidence is presented to me I will absolutely carefully consider it,” Santa Barbara County District Attorney Joyce Dudley said.

If new evidence is presented regarding the police shooting of "Tarzan" TV actor Ron Ely's son, Santa Barbara County District Attorney Joyce Dudley said she will "absolutely carefully consider it."

An attorney for the Ely family said at a press conference Thursday that a report by Dudley's office justifying the police shooting of Cameron Ely after he had stabbed his mother repeatedly "was just wrong." John Burris of Oakland-based Jo...

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