The trial in the nearly decade-long Navy corruption case was sidelined for a week over missteps by prosecutors, but Judge Janis Sammartino says she hopes to get the case back on track, for now.
In this undated photo, Leonard Glenn Francis, also known as"Fat Leonard," is shown at a Navy event.
First, the judge will have to look at whether the case rises to a violation of the Brady rule, a federal standard that requires prosecutors to turn over any evidence that may help the defense, says Rachel VanLandingham, a law professor at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles. VanLandingham says the judge could limit the testimony of future witnesses. The last five former Naval officers implicated in the probe are on trial in a case that began in 2013, when Leonard was arrested in San Diego and charged with bilking the Navy out of millions.
The issue came up after the trial began, as federal agents attempted to contact the sex workers implicated in the case, which stretches back to 2008. One former sex worker in the Philippines told investigators she did not want to come to the US to testify, both over the phone and the texting application Whatsapp. She also said she did not sleep with one of the clients, but told Francis that she did so she could be paid.
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