Four former U.S. Navy officers convicted in San Diego of accepting bribes from foreign defense contractor Leonard Glenn 'Fat Leonard' Francis filed a joint motion Friday seeking a retrial or a dismissal of the indictment filed against them.
In a nearly 350-page document filed Friday, the former officers allege the monthslong trial was rife with misconduct on the part of prosecutors, who they allege concealed evidence from the defense and prepped witnesses to provide false testimony.Sign up for NBC San Diego newsletters.
Among the defense claims is that prosecutors withheld statements from a prostitute who told federal agents she did not have sex with Lausman, despite the prosecution alleging she did. The woman -- referred in court documents as"Ynah" -- allegedly made these statements just after the trial started and after one prosecutor alleged in an opening statement that Lausman accepted the prostitute's services. No evidence regarding the alleged sexual encounter was admitted during the trial.
The credibility of witnesses who testified in the trial and the prosecution's handling of their testimony was also scrutinized in the defense motion, which alleged several witnesses were coached or lied to appease prosecutors. Others who were indicted, pleaded guilty to charges prior to the trial and testified,"parroted the prosecutor's scripted narratives so they could collect on the benefits in their plea agreements," the defense alleges.
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