In 2023, Mosby was found guilty of two counts of perjury after lying when withdrawing $90,000 from his retirement account under the CARES Act.
A court security officer referred to former Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby as a slut and expressed his opinion about her mortgage fraud trial, according to a newly revealed letter.
U.S. District Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby granted the motion to unseal the letter after the defense and the government did not object to the move. The Baltimore Flag reported.
In the letter dated Jan. 26, Mosby's attorneys, Federal Public Defender James Wyda and Assistant Federal Public Defenders Maggie Grace and Sedira Banan asked the court to take additional steps to prevent potential influence from jurors.
They asked to go to court after a judge alerted them to “inappropriate comments” made by a court security officer two days earlier in the security area near the entrance to the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt.
The court security officer's personal views, they wrote, “derive from his connection to a former Baltimore City Police Department colleague who was involved in the Freddie Gray matter.”
In 2015, Mosby charged six Baltimore police officers in the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man, but none of the cases resulted in a conviction.
“While we understand and appreciate that the Court Security Officer in particular has been removed from security, we request that he not be put in a position where he could have any potential contact with the jury,” they wrote.
Griggsby later testified in court that jurors would not have been able to hear the comments and denied a request after closing arguments to question the panel.
“I am deeply disappointed that these statements were made,” Griggsby said. “Frankly, I was surprised that these statements were made.”
The 44-year-old former city attorney was found guilty of making a false statement on a loan application related to the purchase of her condo in Longboat Key, Florida.
The jury found her guilty of submitting a letter claiming that her husband had agreed to give her $5,000 at closing. She was found not guilty of a second charge.
In 2023, Mosby was found guilty of two counts of perjury after lying to withdraw $90,000 from a retirement account under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), which she used to purchase two homes. luxury vacation in Florida.
The sentencing is set for May 23.
