Prostitution case against Patriots owner Kraft is on thin ice after judge bars video
A women accused of sexually servicing New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft indicated she would fight any effort to get her to testify against him, dealing another crippling blow to prosecutors' case after a judge barred them from using as evidence videos allegedly showing Kraft receiving sex acts for pay.
CEO of the New England Patriots Robert Kraft attends the Super Bowl LIII Pregame at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on February 3, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia.
"I'm obviously very pleased with it," Phang said. "Judge Hanser got it right ... It should all be suppressed."Hanser ruled in Kraft's case that the surveillance videos could not be used as evidence because the warrant that allowed police to secretly install cameras in the salon, and the cops themselves, did not take take steps to "minimize the recording of activities not related to crimes under investigation" as required by law.
, for the moment, because of the need to protect Kraft's right to a fair trial. Kraft's lawyers asked him Monday to permanently bar the videos from being released, arguing that "the public has no right to access suppressed evidence." A spokesman for the Palm Beach County State's Attorney's Office said Monday that prosecutors had not yet decided whether to appeal the decision. The spokesman did not immediately return a request for comment on Tuesday.
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