June 29, 2022
A Florida federal judge on Tuesday ended a proposed class suit against Vero Beach police detectives who surveilled a massage parlor targeted in a prostitution sting, ruling that there is no legal reason for them not to be entitled to a qualified immunity defense and that "to hold otherwise would defy all sense of logic."
February 15, 2022
A Florida federal court on Tuesday granted the city of Vero Beach's bid to dismiss a proposed class suit accusing it of unconstitutional surveillance of a massage parlor targeted in a prostitution sting, but did not let the city's police detectives escape the claims.
June 07, 2021
The city of Vero Beach, Florida, fought a man's class certification bid for a suit accusing the city of unconstitutionally surveilling a massage parlor targeted in a prostitution sting, arguing that he can't show common questions of law that predominate among all proposed class members.
February 24, 2021
A Florida man who was ensnared in a massage parlor prostitution sting filed a proposed class suit Tuesday against the city of Vero Beach and its police chief, claiming he and other targets were publicly humiliated by the city's unconstitutional surveillance and misrepresentation of the case as a human trafficking operation.