A Utah man is suing a local police department and the officer who arrested him, saying the charges filed against him and the publicity he received ruined his life.
Joseph Edward Ferreri, 56, was arrested on Feb. 4, 2021, and later charged with four 2nd-degree felonies: aggravated exploitation of prostitution, human trafficking, money laundering, and pattern of unlawful activity. However, these charges were dropped nine months later.
Ferreri has filed a lawsuit against the American Fork Police Department and Officer Shawn Lott for economic and non-economic losses he incurred. He claimed he was not involved in prostitution, but was only dropping off and picking up his wife from work. In addition, Ferreri says he was publicly humiliated. Multiple local news outlets covered his arrest, which was part of a raid on a massage parlor with several others arrested and charged. His mugshot was shown on the air and on local news websites.
The lawsuit claims Officer Lott targeted Ferreri, his wife, and the parlor where his wife worked based on racial stereotypes. It also claims the officer made sweeping and inaccurate generalizations about Asian-run massage parlors, along with other alleged false statements in his arrest report. One such statement was Lott concluding that the marriage between Ferreri and Wang"may not be legitimate.
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