Caddo Commissioner Steven Jackson's restraining order has been dissolved

Makenzie Boucher, Shreveport Times
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This article has been updated with a clarifying statement.

The temporary restraining order filed against Caddo Commissioner Steven Jackson has been dissolved.

On Feb. 1, Jackson's attorney Courtney Harris with Harris Law Firm, LLC. announced that the Jan. 4 restraining order has been mutually dissolved by both parties.

Harris said, "although we were prepared for a hearing in this matter, we are thankful to confirm that in the best interest of all parties; that a mutual agreement by consent was reached in a private manner as it should have been."

The answer to the petition for protection from abuse stated that Jackson felt that the restraining order was filed out of malicious intent to cause public embarrassment and humiliation. Jackson supplied conversations via text with the plaintiff that showed a mutual relationship.

When filed on Jan. 4, it was disclosed that the plaintiff had a relationship with the commissioner and that he was stalking her.

The plaintiff stated in the restraining order that she ended the relationship with Jackson verbally at the end of November 2022. She then asked that he not stalk herself, daughter, family or any friends. In the answer Jackson presented messages that showed that he ended the relationship in Oct. 2022.

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The plaintiff filed the restraining order after Jackson allegedly went behind her house and cut the cord to her air conditioner. Jackson presented messages in the answer that showed a conversation about the broken air conditioner and how it was being fixed prior to her allegation.

Within the restraining order, the plaintiff attached messages that showed that she was not wanting communication with Jackson. He continued messaging her and her daughter. In the answer, Jackson disclosed messages that showed mutual communication with the plaintiff starting in Oct. 2022 to Dec. 20, 2022.

Harris stated in the answer that the plaintiff did not want Jackson to find out about her romantic relationship with their mutual acquaintance and filed the restraining order to restrict him from coming around her and seeing the relationship.

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Makenzie Boucher is a reporter with the Shreveport Times. Contact her at mboucher@gannett.com.

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