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IN THE CIRCUIT/COUNTY COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA

STATE OF FLORIDA
v.
Case No. 2019-MM-002368A
JEFFREY W. BABIN,

Defendant.
______________________________/

STATE OF FLORIDA

v.
Case No. 2019-MM-002357A
JOSEPH M. DANIELS,

Defendant.
______________________________/

STATE OF FLORIDA

v.
Case No. 2019-MM-002349A
JOHN DEORA,

Defendant.
______________________________/

STATE OF FLORIDA

v. Case No. 2019-MM-002419A

GUY KEVIN EAGAN,

Defendant.
______________________________/

STATE OF FLORIDA
Case No. 2019-MM-002412A
v

CRAIG FIRING,

Defendant.
______________________________/
STATE OF FLORIDA
Case No. 2019-MM-002401A
v.

TIMOTHY R. GOERING,

Defendant.
______________________________/

STATE OF FLORIDA

v.
Case No. 2019-MM-002352A
JOHN PAUL HAVENS,

Defendant.
______________________________/

STATE OF FLORIDA

v.
Case No. 2019-MM-002346A
ROBERT KRAFT,

Defendant.
______________________________/

STATE OF FLORIDA

v.
Case No. 2019-MM-002348A
ROBERT KRAFT,

Defendant.
______________________________/

STATE OF FLORIDA

v. Case No. 2019-MM-002400A

MINGFU LU,

Defendant.
______________________________/

STATE OF FLORIDA

v.
Case No. 2019-MM-002416A
JUSTO M. NARANJO,

Defendant.
______________________________/
STATE OF FLORIDA

v.
Case No. 2019-MM-002356A
JAMES G. PORTER,

Defendant.
______________________________/

STATE OF FLORIDA

v.
Case No. 2019-MM-002347A
MARTIN SEGAL,

Defendant.
______________________________/

STATE OF FLORIDA

v.
Case No. 2019-MM-002405A
JOHN OLIVER VOIROL,

Defendant.
______________________________/

STATE OF FLORIDA

v.
Case No. 2019-MM-002354A
JONATHAN SCOTT WEISS,

Defendant.
______________________________/

STATE OF FLORIDA

v. Case No. 2019-MM-002403A

DANIEL RUSSEL YOUNG,

Defendant.
______________________________/

JOINT MOTION FOR A


PROTECTIVE ORDER

The Defendants in the above-captioned matters, all of which arise out of the same

investigation, hereby jointly move this Honorable Court to enter a protective order in these
related matters, which will preclude any party from copying or permitting, facilitating, making, or

granting any public access to the evidence gathered during the investigation at issue, including

any video-evidence related thereto, pending further order of the Court. In support thereof, the

Defendants state as follows:

1. The State of Florida has filed misdemeanor charges against all of the Defendants in the

above-captioned actions. More specifically, the State has charged each Defendant with

solicitation of prostitution, in violation of Florida Statutes Section 796.07(2)(f) and (5)(a)(1).

2. These misdemeanor charges were filed in or about February 2019, and all arose out of a

law enforcement investigation concerning the Orchids of Asia Day Spa, located at 103 S. U.S.

Highway 1, Suite C2, in the Jupiter Square Plaza (the “Spa”). According to law enforcement, that

investigation began in or about October 2018 and was led by the Town of Jupiter Police

Department, in consultation with other law enforcement agencies involved in related

investigations.

3. Evidence collected during the course of that investigation (collectively, the “Materials”)

includes video-recordings made by a set of hidden cameras (the “Videos”), which were installed

by law enforcement inside the Spa on or about January 17, 2019, pursuant to a warrant issued by

this Court on or about January 15, 2019. Certain Videos depict the Defendants engaged in

alleged sexual acts.

4. The Materials are exempt from public disclosure because they constitute “[a]ctive

criminal intelligence information and[/or] active criminal investigative information,” both of

which are “exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.” Fla. Stat. §

119.071(2)(c)1. This is so for three reasons.

5. First, all the Materials meet the definition of criminal intelligence and/or investigative

information, as set out by statute. See Fla. Sta. § 119.011(3)(a) (“‘Criminal intelligence

information’ means ‘information with respect to an identifiable person or group of persons

collected by a criminal justice agency in an effort to anticipate, prevent, or monitor possible

criminal activity”) (emphasis added); Fla. Stat. § 119.001(3)(b) (“‘Criminal investigative

information’ means information with respect to an identifiable person or group of persons

compiled by a criminal justice agency in the course of conducting a criminal investigation of a


specific act or omission, including, but not limited to, information derived from laboratory tests,

reports of investigators or informants, or any type of surveillance”) (emphasis added).

6. Second, none of the Materials have been produced in discovery to any of the

Intervenors, and so the Materials still qualify as confidential and exempt. See Fla. Stat.

119.011(3)(c)(5); WESH Television, Inc. v. Freeman, 691 So.2d 532, 534 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997)

(noting that “information gathered by the state in its investigation against a criminal defendant

. . . is not open to the public until the state gives or is required to give it to the defendant”).

7. Third, because the Defendants’ cases remain pending, the Materials remain “active,”

and therefore confidential and exempt. See Fla. Stat. § 119.011(3)(d)2 (stating, in part, that

“criminal intelligence and criminal investigative information shall be considered ‘active’ while

such information is directly related to pending prosecutions or appeals”).

8. Furthermore, although the Defendants dispute the position of the prosecutors that there

may be a “victim” of any offense at issue in these cases, that mere possibility provides an

additional basis for maintaining the confidentiality of the Materials. See Fla. Stat. §

119.071(2)(h)1.b; Fla. Stat. § 119.071(2)(h)1.c.

9. The State does not agree to the relief requested herein.


CONCLUSION

For the reasons set forth above, the Court should enter the concurrently-filed Proposed

Protective Order, and thereby safeguard the confidentiality of these Materials, and in particular

the Videos, until the further order of the Court.

Respectfully submitted,
FOR ROBERT KRAFT

/s/ Jack A. Goldberger


Jack A. Goldberger, Esq.
Atterbury, Goldberger & Weiss, P.A.
250 Australian Ave. South, Suite 1400
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
(561) 659-8300
jgoldberger@agwpa.com
Attorney for Defendant Robert Kraft

William Burck
Alex Spiro
Quinn, Emanuel, Urquhart & Sullivan
51 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10010
(212) 849-7000
Applications for Admission Pro Hac Vice Pending

FOR JOSEPH M. DANIELS:


/s/ Scott Skier
Scott Skier
The Skier Law Firm, P.A.
625 North Flagler Drive, Suite 675
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
561-820-1508
scott@skierlawfirm.com
Attorney for Defendant Joseph M. Daniels

FOR JOHN N. DEORA, JAMES G. PORTER, &


DANIEL RUSSELL YOUNG:
/s/ Ian J. Goldstein
Ian J. Goldstein
Law Offices of Ian Goldstein, P.A.
1645 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd.
Suite 1200
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
561-207-2044
ian@iangoldsteinlaw.com
Attorney for Defendant John N. Deora, James G.
Porter, Daniel Russell Young

FOR GUY KEVIN EAGAN:

/s/ Kai Li Aloe Fouts


Kai Li Aloe Fouts
Eisenberg & Fouts, P.A.
500 S. Australian Ave, Suite 720
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
T: 561-659-2009
F: 561-659-2380
kaili@eisenbergandfouts.com
Attorney for Defendant Guy Kevin Eagan

FOR CRAIG FIRING:


/s/ Robert J. Watson
Robert J. Watson
3601 S.E. Ocean Blvd., Suite 004
Stuart, Florida 34996
772-288-1880
Rjwpa@yahoo.com
Attorney for Defendant Craig Firing
FOR TIMOTHY R. GOERING:

/s/ Edward D. Reagan


Edward D. Reagan
Edward D. Reagan, P.A.
658 W. Indiantown, Suite 209
Jupiter, FL 33458
T: 561-832-7443
edward.d.reagan@gmail.com
Attorney for Defendant Timothy R. Goering
FOR JOHN PAUL HAVENS:

/s/ Bruce A. Zimet


Bruce A. Zimet
Bruce A. Zimet, P.A.
One Clearlake Centre
250 N. Australian Ave, Suite 1400
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
T1: 561-508-7741
T2: 954-764-7081
baz@bruceazimetlaw.com
Attorney for Defendant John Paul Havens

FOR JEFFREY W. BABIN:

/s/ Jason S. Weiss


Jason S. Weiss
Atterbury, Goldberger & Weiss, P.A.
250 Australian Ave. South, Suite 1400
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
(561) 659-8300
jweiss@agwpa.com
Attorneys for Defendant Jeffrey W. Babin

FOR MINGFU LU:

/s/ Brian P. Gabriel


Brian P. Gabriel
Law Office of Gabriel & Gabriel LLC
4601 Military Trail #206
Jupiter, FL 33458
561-475-5952
Attorney for Defendant Mingfu Lu

FOR JUSTO M. NARANJO:

/s/ Robert Pasch


Robert Pasch
Robert Pasch Esq. P.A.
939 Belvedere Rd
West Palm Beach, FL 33405-1111
T: 561-440-3840
robert@paschlaw.com
Attorney for Defendant Justo M. Naranjo
FOR MARTIN SEGAL:
/s/ Lilly Ann Sanchez
Lilly Ann Sanchez
The LS Law Firm
Four Seasons Tower, Suite 1200
1441 Brickell Ave
Miami, FL 33131-3439
T: 305-503-5503
C: 305-503-5503
lsanchez@thelsfirm.com
Attorneys for Defendant Martin Segal

FOR JOHN OLIVER VOIROL:

/s/ Cindy E. D’Agostino


Cindy E. D’Agostino
11380 Prosperity Farms Rd
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
T: 561-622-8655
F: 561-622-5531
cdagostino@bellsouth.net
Attorneys for Defendant John Oliver Voirol
FOR JONATHAN SCOTT WEISS:

/s/ Leonard S. Feuer


Leonard Scott Feuer
The Feuer Law Firm
240 10th St.
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
T: 561-264-8654
Attorneys for Defendant Jonathan Scott Weiss

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing has been filed with the

Clerk of Court using the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal and served via E-Service upon the

following counsel of record on this day, 20th day of March, 2019.

/s/ Jack A. Goldberger


Jack A. Goldberger
Atterbury, Goldberger & Weiss, P.A.
250 Australian Ave. South, Suite 1400
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
(561) 659-8300

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