Posted On:
December 10, 2009
St. John's Sheriff's Office sued for secretly videotaping attorney-client meeting
Via Injustice News:
The lawsuit alleges that Detective Thomas Marmo of the St. John's Sheriff's Office recorded a meeting between attorney Anne Marie Gennusa and her client Joel Studivant, then forcibly took a statement that Studivant had written from his attorney:
"Defendant Marmo became visibly disturbed and demanded that Ms. Gennusa give him the statement," the suit alleges. "As Defendant Marmo demanded the statement, he stood blocking the doorway and Plaintiffs were not free to go."He then "forcefully ripped the piece of paper containing Mr. Studivant's statement out of Ms. Gennusa's hand ... with such force that he broke the fingernail on Ms. Gennusa's left ring finger."
Studivant was then arrested, handcuffed and booked into the jail.
