Lamont Dominic Steele pleaded no contest to elder abuse and assault by force likely to produce great bodily injury for repeatedly punching 82-year-old Joseph Lordeon and knocking him unconscious during a May 5, 2024 attack at the Redondo Beach Elks lodge. Steele admitted a great bodily injury sentencing enhancement and is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 7. Steele has been banned from the lodge for life and declined to comment. Nashana Steele resigned as Redondo Elks Lodge Exalted Ruler after the attack. Lordeon filed a civil lawsuit against the Steeles and the lodge alleging battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, premises liability, negligence and elder abuse. Security camera footage reportedly shows Steele searching the lodge for the MAGA hat-wearing Lordeon and repeatedly striking him in the lobby. Officials with the national Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks declined to comment; the organization was founded in 1868 and has nearly 1 million members across about 2,000 lodges.
At a hearing Tuesday, Aug. 19, in Torrance Superior Court, Lamont Dominic Steele pleaded no contest to elder abuse and assault by force likely to produce great bodily injury for repeatedly punching Joseph Lordeon of Redondo Beach and knocking him unconscious. Additionally, under his no-contest plea which is tantamount to a guilty plea but cannot be used against a defendant in civil court Steele admitted to a great bodily injury sentencing enhancement allegation.
Joe Lordeon was brutally assaulted in an unprovoked attack, said former Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley, who is assisting Lordeon with the case. Security camera footage of the encounter, obtained by the Southern California News Group, purportedly shows Lamont Steele searching the lodge for the MAGA hat-wearing Lordeon and then repeatedly striking him in the lobby. He is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 7, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.
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