JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A judge’s ruling on a request to dismiss an invasion of privacy indictment of Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens stemming from an extramarital affair won’t happen before next week.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that St. Louis Circuit Judge Rex Burlison says he would not rule Friday or this weekend. Burlison says he will provide advance notice of any ruling and will make it in open court.
The Republican governor is due in court on the felony charge next month. But on Thursday, his attorneys renewed a motion to dismiss the case, alleging misconduct and incompetence by St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner. This stems from a video taped interview of the mistress conducted by the prosecution. The defense team said they were told by the prosecution that the video didn’t exist because the machine malfunctioned.
Gardner’s office turned over that video to the court on Wednesday night, just an hour after a House Special Committee released its report on Greitens. Gardner claims she learned on Monday that the video worked and turned it over within the required 48 hour period.
Gardner’s office filed a motion later Thursday calling the allegations an attempted distraction.
Greitens also is under fire after Wednesday’s release of a special legislative committee’s report in which the woman involved in the affair alleged he coerced her into sex acts and spanked, slapped and shoved her. Grietens says allegations are lies.
