Prosecutors will tell the Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal during an online hearing Tuesday that a county judge erred when he invalidated the January 2019 search warrant allowing police to install secret cameras at Orchids of Asia spa as part of an alleged sex trafficking investigation.
Kraft's attorneys vehemently disagreed, arguing that if the three-justice panel allows the videos' use, "civil liberties cherished in Florida and beyond" will be endangered. Most cases are in limbo while the appeals are heard. If prosecutors can't use the videos, they would almost certainly dismiss any misdemeanour charges awaiting trial. Some defendants took plea deals but Kraft refused. The felony cases could proceed, as those have other evidence besides the videos.
The warrant is valid because police minimized any privacy invasion by having only three detectives monitor video. Any further minimization, such as recording only snippets of each massage, would have made the investigation impossible. Police had enough evidence to charge the spa owners with felonies without recording, making the cameras "wholly gratuitous."
Authorities say the Orchids of Asia investigation was part of a multicounty probe into possible sex trafficking by spa owners who they believe brought women from China and elsewhere to work as prostitutes. About 300 people were charged with various felonies and misdemeanours, but no trafficking charges were pursued -- prosecutors say they received no co-operation from masseuses whom they suspect were trafficked.
Hes a billionaire cant he afford working girls to come over to his house?
These elite Old white men are finally getting what they deserve after all of the years of the bullshit that they put them in through. The entitlement is astonishing
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