When Geek Squad techs ran a search, they retrieved the deleted image of a young girl.Īt issue is how the Geek Squad employees found that image. It all began in 2011, when Rettenmaier took his HP Pavilion computer to Best Buy for repair because it wouldn’t boot. FBI agents were disingenuous when they applied for a search warrant, leaving out a crucial detail of where Geek Squad employees had found the image that triggered the investigation.Īccording to OC Weekly, District Court Judge Cormac J Carney announced on May 15 that the FBI’s tainted search warrant required him to suppress alleged evidence collected during a raid on Rettenmaier’s house in 2012.Even though the still was taken from a well-known child abuse video, it doesn’t meet the legal definition of child porn, the judge said. The image launched the case, a raid on his house in 2012, and the arrest of California gynecologist Mark Rettenmaier. An image found on his PC when it was in for repairs with Best Buy’s Geek Squad didn’t show a prepubescent girl’s genitals or that she was having sex.The government’s case against an alleged trafficker in child abuse images is on shaky ground after a California judge last week said that:
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