Judge to hear request to delay Henderson Councilwoman Carrie Cox’s trial

A judge could decide next week whether to delay the criminal case of Henderson Councilwoman Carrie Cox at the request of Cox’s attorney.

On Tuesday, District Court Judge Nadia Krall will hear attorney Josh Tomsheck’s motion to push back the start of a jury trial that is scheduled to begin Oct. 19, according to court records. The motion was filed without opposition from prosecutors.

Cox, who is running for re-election, was indicted in November 2025 by a Clark County grand jury and faces one count of monitoring or attempting to monitor a private conversation. The indictment came after a fellow councilwoman, Monica Larson, accused Cox of hiding behind a curtain at Henderson City Hall after a retirement ceremony for a former city official and recording a conversation involving Larson and others for more than eight minutes.

Cox has pleaded not guilty.

Tomsheck said in a motion filed Sept. 17 that he has an older case with a conflicting trial date. The motion states that Cox and prosecutors are “continuing to work towards a potential resolution which would not necessitate a trial.”

The filing did not state what that resolution would entail. Tomsheck said Friday he was traveling and was unable to provide comment.

In February, Krall refused to dismiss the charge against Cox and and said that a jury should decide whether prosecutors have enough evidence to convict Cox.

Tomsheck said at a Feb. 24 hearing that the charge against Cox is rarely prosecuted at the trial court level and that Cox’s recording did not capture a private conversation because it also captured others briefly entering and leaving the conversation, as well as “hundreds” of other voices audible in the background.

Larson filed a lawsuit in District Court against Cox in March, alleging Cox inflicted “severe emotional distress” on Larson by secretly recording the Jan. 9, 2025, exchange at Henderson City Hall. Cox’s attorney in that case, Milan Chatterjee, said in a Sept. 15 email that both parties have agreed to pause the civil action until Cox’s criminal case has been resolved.

Cox also filed a lawsuit against Councilman Jim Seebock in March, accusing him of hitting her multiple times because she refused to support his bid to become Henderson’s mayor pro tem. Seebock has denied wrongdoing and the case remains ongoing.