Former Mayor Kasim Reed's deputy chief of staff collapses during sentencing

ATLANTA (FOX 5 Atlanta) - Katrina Taylor-Parks, the deputy chief of staff for former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, collapsed in federal court while the judge announced her sentence as part of the Atlanta City Hall bribery scandal.

 A nurse removed Taylor-Parks from the courtroom in a wheelchair. Medics were checking her out.

In 2018 she pleaded guilty in federal court to a bribery conspiracy. Her sentencing has been delayed, but the judge intends to sentence her to 21 months in prison for conspiracy to commit bribery.

Inside the courtroom at that time, Taylor-Parks admitted she had taken bribes from a city vendor and promised to cooperate fully with the investigation.

“I'm devastated by the outcome today,” she said

MORE: Former Mayor Kasim Reed cabinet member pleads guilty to bribery conspiracy

For the last two and a half years, FBI and IRS agents have been investigating allegations of corruption at Atlanta City Hall. Two city contractors have pleaded guilty to bribery.

Mitzi Bickers, a political consultant for Mayor Kasim Reed and later one of his top department heads, is the only one to plead not guilty to bribery conspiracy charges.