Ex-Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby: Judge unseals letter in case

A court security officer repeatedly referred to former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby as a slut to a group of paralegals near the entrance to the federal courthouse in Greenbelt and weighed in on her mortgage fraud trial. . a newly revealed card reveals.

U.S. District Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby on Wednesday granted The Baltimore Banner’s motion to open the letter after the defense and the government indicated that they were not opposed to the measure.

In the three-page letter dated Jan. 26, Mosby’s attorneys, federal public defender James Wyda and assistant federal public defenders Maggie Grace and Sedira Banan, wrote that the judge had alerted them to the “inappropriate and derogatory comments.” that court security had done. officer did two days earlier in the security area near the entrance of US District Court in Greenbelt.

They asked the court to take additional steps to ensure that no jurors were potentially influenced.

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 who died from injuries he suffered in custody. None of the cases resulted in convictions.

“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. “We appreciate the Court’s attention to this important matter and welcome the opportunity for additional conversation.”

Griggsby later testified in court that jurors would not have been able to hear the comments. She 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 U.S. Marshals Service, which provides security at federal courthouses, could not immediately be reached for comment.

Mosby, 44, a Democrat who served two terms as the city’s top prosecutor from 2015 to 2023, was found guilty Tuesday of one count of making a false statement on a loan application related to your purchase of a condo in Longboat Key, Florida. She was found not guilty of a second charge.

The jury determined that she lied when she submitted a letter to the mortgage company alleging that her husband at the time had agreed to gift her $5,000 at the closing of the condo.

In 2023, Mosby was found guilty of two counts of perjury after a jury found that she lied to withdraw $90,000 from a retirement account under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Acto CARES Act. He then used that money to buy two luxury vacation homes in Florida.

The sentencing is set for May 23.