Peeping Tom Florida Personal Injury Case Reveals Creepy Flaw in State's Law
Two sisters have filed a personal injury lawsuit against their former swimming coach and Florida preparatory school after learning that they were secretly videotaped while changing into their swimsuits in his office. Kimberly Brabson III secretly taped the two girls when they were 15 and 17 years of age at Tampa Preparatory School. Police say he had been videotaping students for at least three years.
Tampa Preparatory School fired Brabson on November 10th of last year after learning that he had asked members of the swim team to change in his office rather than the girls’ locker room. Brabson faces 10 charges of voyeurism. Under Florida law, illegally videotaping a person is only a felony for a repeat offender. Brabson has no criminal record.
Ironically, the father of the two girls bringing the suit is a Clearwater personal injury attorney. Tom Carey filed the suit on behalf of his daughters, who are now in college and for privacy reasons have been listed as Jane Doe Carey and Jane Roe Carey. He said he is seeking legislation to change Florida law, which appears imminent. State Senator Mike Fasano has said that he is working on a new bill that would make it a felony for anyone who videotapes nude children.
Due to his own personal feelings in the case, Tom Carey has turned representation in the suit over to his law partner, Jodi Leisure, who says the school should have known Brabson was a problem. Brabson had been reprimanded once before when a student complained that he made her model a swimsuit. She added that police have identified 21 of 50 victims on a seized Brabson videotape.