A spa patron’s privacy interest in not being recorded on camera seeking sexual services from a masseuse is not a clearly established right under the Fourth Amendment, the Eleventh Circuit ruled Thursday.
Keith Taig was caught up in a Vero Beach Police Department sting where the officers had authorization to surreptitiously record evidence a local massage spa was engaged in prostitution, racketeering, and human trafficking. In another case in state court, he had successfully suppressed the video evidence.
In seeking a class action, he alleged that police officers were not trained in minimizing their video searches, which made their search ...