New Orleans ordered to pay $1m to teen who was sexually assaulted by cop

Rodney Vicknair, who died earlier this year of cancer, was serving 14 years in prison for the crime

The city of New Orleans was ordered by a federal jury on Wednesday to pay $1m to a teenager who was sexually assaulted by one of the city's police officers in 2020.

The federal civil trial, which was brought against the city by the teenager's family on her behalf, began on Monday and lasted three days.