Attorneys for Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens have accused prosecutors of withholding exculpatory testimony from a woman who has accused Greitens of invading her privacy by taking a nonconsensual photo of her while she was partially nude.
In a court filing dated Sunday, Greitens’ attorneys said the woman — with whom Greitens has admitted to having an affair — told prosecutors she couldn’t say whether she saw Greitens with a camera or phone on the day he allegedly took the photo.
“I don’t know if it’s because I’m remembering it through a dream or I — I’m not sure, but yes, I feel like I saw it after it happened, but I haven’t spoken about it because of that,” said the woman, identified only as “K.S.”, according to the filing.
Greitens’ attorneys also claimed that “the prosecution admits it does not have any photograph that forms the basis of the charges. Nor has the prosecution provided any evidence that K.S. ever saw such a photograph. Nor has evidence of any transmission been provided.”
The filing also claimed that the woman’s deposition was recorded, but Grietens’ attorneys were told by prosecutors that the tape “does not exist due to a claimed malfunction.”
A spokeswoman for St. Louis Circuit attorney Kim Gardner told The Associated Press on Monday that Greitens’ attorneys had “cherry-picked bits and pieces” of the woman’s nine-hour deposition “to attack…
