Rogers’ former housekeeper, Mye Brindle, and attorneys David Cohen and John Butters were facing a four–count felony indictment accusing them of conspiracy to commit extortion and unlawful surveillance and eavesdropping. The charges were related to Brindle’s 2012 claims that Rogers coerced her into having sex and used a hidden camera to record the encounter.
Following an all-day hearing, Superior Court Judge Henry Newkirk agreed with defense lawyers that the first count of the indictment, conspiracy to commit extortion, was “overbroad” and that the remaining counts “failed to state a crime.”
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