During her testimony in February, according to the judge’s ruling, Kadi said she went to Herod’s home on the night of the alleged assault and that Herod pushed herself onto Kadi.

Herod denied all of the claims against her and said that the night Kadi went to her home was actually in June 2020, after Kadi had left One Colorado and was no longer engaging in legislative advocacy at the Capitol. She said Kadi had been pursuing her.

And Herod said she and Kadi “made out one time,” but she said she indicated to Kadi that she wasn’t interested in anything else.

The court also reviewed text messages that the judge said showed that Kadi was attempting to see Herod again romantically after the alleged sexual assault. Two witnesses also testified that they had heard Kadi refer to the incident only as a “making out session” or that she had “hooked up” with Herod in a way that she was happy about, according to the transcript.

“Ms. Kadi’s testimony in this case is found to be incredible by this Court, not only because the nature of her testimony just simply defies common sense in so many instances, but also because the other exhibits, directly the reliable evidence proves this to be simply not consistent,” Gonzales said in the transcript.

As for the other incidents Kadi had listed, the judge said that, “even assuming what you said is true … most of these are nothing more than somebody perhaps just ignoring you … or maybe, at most, being a little curt.”

Herod said she is considering filing a defamation lawsuit against Kadi in the matter.

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