PD Seeks Dismissal of 6 Cases, Says Defendants Were Arrested During ‘Voyeuristic Reality TV Show’

A public defender in Florida is seeking the dismissal of six criminal cases, contending that the defendants were arrested during the filming of a “voyeuristic reality television show” by Broward County sheriff’s deputies who received financial incentives from producers. The show, Police Women of Broward County, is aired by TLC/Discovery Channel. Assistant Chief Public Defender Gordon Weekes Jr. contends in a motion filed last week for one of the six cases that the cases are tainted because the arrests were made during filmed episodes and represent “manufactured, rather than detected, crime for the benefit of the lowest form of entertainment: a voyeuristic reality television show,” the South Florida