Tina Vitolo

Investigators never talked to any of those named nor checked their backgrounds, Vitolo, an Allred administrative staff member, told jurors.

And they weren't required to, Vitolo testified.

Johnson wanted Vitolo, an administrative staff member, dropped from the lawsuit, an American Civil Liberties spokeswoman said.
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After the judge dismissed Vitolo from the case, she sat in the audience.

She declined to comment Tuesday, Mike Viesca, Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman, said.Vitolo, 37, has been with the state for almost 12 years.She started to work for TDJC in 1993 at the McConnell unit in Beeville, Texas.She came to Allred in June 1995 after it opened.