By Justine Coleman - 02/08/21 07:12 PM EST
The Florida data scientist who had accused the state of misrepresenting its COVID-19 data dropped her lawsuit, for now, against the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) for conducting a raid at her home, her lawyer said on Monday.
Richard Johnson, who is representing former Florida Department of Health employee Rebekah Jones, told Florida Today that she would temporarily stop pursuing her civil suit against the state department for “a number of reasons,” including partly to focus on the criminal case she faces. We can t have a civil suit running side by side when there s a criminal case going on,” he said. “It would give them the opportunity to get discovery from us to use in their criminal case. So we have to close off that avenue.
Rebekah Jones drops lawsuit over Florida police raid on her home, at least for now
Jones’ attorney said there were ‘a number of reasons’ why the suit was being dropped
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon, Florida Today
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Data scientist Rebekah Jones arrested in Florida
Rebekah Jones, the data scientist fired from her position at the Florida Department of Health last year, has moved to dismiss her lawsuit against the Florida Department of Law Enforcement over an armed raid on her Tallahassee townhome in December, according to News 6 partner Florida Today.
Jones was arrested after the raid and is currently facing a criminal charge of violating Florida’s computer crime laws. The state alleges she used an official emergency messaging system to send a mass text calling on civil servants to speak out against how Florida was managing its response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Former state employee Rebekah Jones is likely to face a challenging legal battle, experts say.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. â Former state employee Rebekah Jones is likely to face a challenging legal battle, experts say.
Fired for insubordination after claiming the state was manipulating COVID-19 case data, Jones now faces a felony charge after someone illegally accessed state systems in November.
During a raid last month, state police recovered Jones computer. Authorities then conducted a forensic analysis and allegedly found cookies digital fingerprints showing a user illegally breached state systems and downloaded contact info for nearly 20,000 people.