Trans baby killer blames Trump for alleged prison assaults – sues for millions

A transgender baby killer has taken to blaming President Donald Trump for the assaults he’s been facing behind bars.

The baby killer, Jonathan C. Richardson (who goes by the name Autumn Cordellionè), filed a handwritten suit on April 1st claiming Trump’s “transphobic” and “extremist rhetoric” was to blame for him being violently assaulted and raped in an Indiana prison.

The president’s rhetoric “emboldened the Defendants and the assailants that brutally assaulted and raped plaintiff, not once, but multiple times, to act on their hate and prejudices, constituting the cause in action and his liability in this case,” the lawsuit reads.

“Therefore, President Trump was negligent due to his alleged knowledge that others may act on his words,” it continues.

His name is Jonathan C. Richardson pic.twitter.com/agC7qS0L3R

— Ben Owen (@hrkbenowen) April 25, 2025

Richardson is seeking $3.5 million in damages not only from Trump but also Westville Correctional Facility employees and the 12 “gang-affiliated inmates” responsible for having “stabbed” and sexually assaulted him.

“Trump’s president now, and we won’t even get in trouble for f–king you trannies up,” one of his assailants allegedly told him, according to his suit. “We’re patriots, and even if you tell on us, Trump will pardon us and probably give us a medal.”

Richardson has even claimed that his prison case manager said something similar.

“I’ve seen your case on the news, and I personally don’t think us tax payers should have to pay for your surgery,” the case manager allegedly said, referring to an earlier court decision.

Last September, a Clinton-appointed judge ordered the Indiana Department of Corrections to facilitate “sex-reassignment” surgery for Richardson after he sued with help from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

The ACLU argued in the suit that an Indiana law barring inmates from receiving “sex-reassignment” surgery violated the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of “cruel and unusual punishment.”

Transgender surgery, as it’s more commonly called, “is a medical necessity” for Richardson, the ACLU claimed.

Judge Richard Young agreed.

“Ms. Cordellioné has shown that her gender dysphoria is a serious medical need, and that, despite other treatments Defendant has provided her to treat her gender dysphoria, she requires gender-affirming surgery to prevent a risk of serious bodily and psychological harm,” he wrote in his ruling.

His stunning decision elicited howls of outrage from Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, a Republican.

Of course, I disagree. How could you not?? An Indiana inmate convicted of murder wants our taxpayers to fund their gender-altering surgery! Hoosiers do NOT want this. We’re still reviewing the court’s opinion, but you can undoubtedly expect our office to appeal this decision.…

— AG Todd Rokita (@AGToddRokita) September 19, 2024

The ACLU, meanwhile, was thrilled by the ruling.

“Today marks a significant victory for transgender individuals in Indiana’s prisons,” ACLU legal director Ken Falk said. “Denying evidence-based medical care to incarcerated people simply because they are transgender is unconstitutional. We are pleased that the court agreed.”

This wasn’t even Richardson’s first rodeo in court. He previously sued after an Indiana prison chaplain barred him from wearing a hijab after he started identifying as a Muslim.

“[I] was told that male Muslims could wear their kufis everywhere they went, but I couldn’t wear my hijab a females religious head ware because I was a male residing in a male institution even though I am a transgender woman, except in my bed area,” Richardson alleged in his suit.

Trans inmate convicted of killing baby sues to wear a hijab after identifying as a Muslim woman https://t.co/t8zYarynXd via @BIZPACReview

— BPR based (@DumpstrFireNews) February 21, 2024

So, who is this creep anyway?

Richardson’s crime dates back to 2001, when he was arrested after his stepdaughter died in his care while her mother was reportedly at work.

“The night of the infant’s death, Cordellioné had been visited by friends who later told police that he had been ‘acting strangely,’ according to Reduxx. “Despite claiming the little girl was inside sleeping, Cordellioné had loud music playing in the home, and his guests noted that he appeared to have a fresh, bleeding tattoo of the child’s name carved into his arm.”

“Later that night, after his friends left, Cordellioné went to his neighbor and asked him to call 911, claiming the child was unresponsive. When emergency personnel arrived, they were briefly able to resuscitate the girl, but she died shortly after being rushed to the hospital,” Reduxx reported earlier this month.

During two interviews, Richardson appeared “calm and unemotional,” but his story reportedly changed drastically between them.

First, he claimed he’d found the baby unresponsive after completing some chores. But then he claimed the baby was being “fussier than usual” and that he’d thrown her in the air to calm her down.

“He said her ‘head bopped forward and back up in a rough type of a manner,’ and that the child continued to cry so he proceeded to shake her aggressively in an effort to calm her down,” according to Reduxx.

An autopsy later determined that the baby had died from being strangled to death.

“Well I know is I killed the little f–king bitch,” he reportedly told a corrections officer while awaiting trial.

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V. Saxena is a staff writer for BizPac Review with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University.

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