awyers for accused prosecutors on Monday of engaging in "outrageous government conduct" by using materials seized from his jail to try to keep him incarcerated before a May trial. They said information gathered in a raid on at the were cited in papers the government filed in Manhattan federal court on Friday in a bid to keep the music mogul locked up before his May 5 . "This is a matter of grave concern that, most respectfully, must be addressed immediately," the lawyers told , who already has scheduled a bail hearing for Friday for .
They requested an "immediate hearing" so prosecutors can explained who authorized the search of , where and paperwork were seized. Later , prosecutors responded to the claims with a letter to the judge saying that the inspection of cell was part of a jail-wide, safety-related sweep unrelated to or his prosecution. They said the search was planned before was arrested and was properly carried out with an investigator who entered cell and decided to not examine a manila envelop labeled "legal" that was in the cell.
They added that any potentially privileged materials were viewed first by a "filter team" of not working on the case. The team was tasked with weeding out any confidential communications protected by attorney-client privilege so that trial prosecutors couldn't see them. , 55, has been held since his arrest on charges that he coerced and abused women for years with the aid of a network of associates and employees.
An indictment accuses hi.