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Robert Kraft: The public prosecutor appeals against the decision to suppress the video in the prostitution case of the patriot owner

Kraft’s lawyers questioned the validity of the warrant, which allowed the authorities to install hidden cameras in the spa, and said he was violating his rights under the Fourth Amendment and the Florida Law. A Palm Beach County judge agreed in May 2019 and decided to suppress the video, effectively coreing the criminal case against him.

On Tuesday, Deputy Attorney General of Florida Jeffrey DeSousa appealed to the fourth district appeals court in West Palm Beach Florida to overrule the decision and defended the warrant.

“These cases began when law enforcement agencies in several Florida districts learned that rampant prostitution was taking place in local massage parlors, and in response to the disclosure, the police did exactly what the law required. They went out and received an arrest warrant,” said DeSousa Three judges jury.

“But the lower courts have now suppressed all of the video evidence against each of these defendants, putting the state ‘s efforts to prosecute prostitution, extortion, and human trafficking offenses, as well as a number of offenses against members of our community who have patronized, at risk of these illegal transactions and therefore created the demand for them, “he argued.

Kraft team argues to suppress video

Kraft defender Derek Schaffer focused his argument on the lack of “minimization” and said that the police had not done enough to minimize the amount of surveillance they performed at the day spa.

Patriot owner Robert Kraft was charged with prostitution on the day of the AFC title game

“They have a total failure to do anything that everyone would recognize as minimizing the shot. These cameras, which were placed in private massage rooms for guests, would of course take off, recording everything continuously for five days,” argued Schaffer in the name of Kraft.

“In all of these cases, it is the specter of the police state to run over the state’s offer to reverse. One where the police can inject the most invasive forms of surveillance into the most sensitive and private environments to investigate the most common offenses,” argued Schaffer.

The panel did not rule today and the court will be adjourned until next week.

Kraft had not pleaded guilty to the charges and apologized.

“I’m really sorry,” Kraft said in a statement. “I know that I have hurt and disappointed my family, my close friends, my employees, our fans and many others who rightly keep me at a higher level.”

CNN’s Eric Levenson and Emanuella Grinberg contributed to this report.

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