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Baitball Blogger

(46,757 posts) Mon Jul 30, 2012, 08:21 PM Jul 2012

It's getting juicy. The Florida Greer thing.

Jim Greer judge: Government must release potentially embarrassing police report

An Orlando judge has ordered the state to release a four-page police report that threatens to embarrass some high-profile Florida Republicans, more unseemly stuff churned up in the Jim Greer criminal case.

Two unnamed people hired Orlando attorney Richard Hornsby to try to keep the report a secret. Hornsby asked Circuit Judge Marc Lubet two weeks ago to do that.

Hornsby described its contents as "defamatory", "salacious and basically harassing in nature."

No one in court that day, July 19, explained what the report contains or whose names it includes, however, the judge took it into a back room, read it then came out and asked if the following four people would be witnesses at Greer's criminal trial:

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-07-30/news/os-jim-greer-secret-report-20120730_1_criminal-case-delmar-johnson-release

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It's getting juicy. The Florida Greer thing. (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Jul 2012 OP

That does sound like fun. Any chance this comes out right before their convention? Motown_Johnny Jul 2012 #1

Don't know, but, isn't a police report public record? Baitball Blogger Jul 2012 #2

asking the wrong guy.. I have no idea Motown_Johnny Jul 2012 #3

According to the Internets, you are correct. TalkingDog Jul 2012 #4

The newspapers can get the information and print it, if they knew which report to ask for. Baitball Blogger Jul 2012 #5

Witness: Women were involved and paid teach1st Jul 2012 #6

The Eagle has landed. Baitball Blogger Jul 2012 #7

Motown_Johnny

(22,308 posts)

1. That does sound like fun. Any chance this comes out right before their convention?

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Mon Jul 30, 2012, 08:36 PM

Jul 2012

Baitball Blogger

(46,757 posts)

2. Don't know, but, isn't a police report public record?

Reply to Motown_Johnny (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 30, 2012, 08:38 PM

Jul 2012

Motown_Johnny

(22,308 posts)

3. asking the wrong guy.. I have no idea

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Reply #2)

Mon Jul 30, 2012, 08:41 PM

Jul 2012

TalkingDog

(9,001 posts)

4. According to the Internets, you are correct.

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Reply #2)

Mon Jul 30, 2012, 09:53 PM

Jul 2012

Yes, police reports are a matter of public records and the police station is a public agency.

You can get copies of police reports from the department under the "FOI" (Freedom of Information Act) but be prepared to pay a fee for copies as some public agencies are allowed to charge a fee.

Baitball Blogger

(46,757 posts)

5. The newspapers can get the information and print it, if they knew which report to ask for.

Reply to TalkingDog (Reply #4)

Mon Jul 30, 2012, 10:17 PM

Jul 2012

I suspect we're going to see that report, one way or another.

teach1st

(5,935 posts)

6. Witness: Women were involved and paid

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Mon Jul 30, 2012, 10:26 PM

Jul 2012

Per the Tampa Bay Times:

http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/judge-in-jim-greer-case-declares-potentially-embarrassing-witness/1243284

Law enforcement reports released so far include comments from two witnesses who described gatherings Greer had "for men only.'' One witness said one of the gatherings took place in the Bahamas and she heard "women were involved and paid.''

"I don't know anything,'' Eagle said. As a travel aide to Crist, Eagle said he did accompany Greer, the governor and about 100 GOP donors on a fundraising trip to the Bahamas but did not see anything out of the way.

"I was on those trips, but I kept to myself unless I was needed,'' Eagle added.

Baitball Blogger

(46,757 posts)

7. The Eagle has landed.

Reply to teach1st (Reply #6)

Mon Jul 30, 2012, 10:36 PM

Jul 2012

We have touch down.

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