DEFENDANTS' 971 SPECIAL MOTION TO STRIKE EXHIBIT A DEFENDANTS' 971 SPECIAL MOTION TO STRIKE EXHIBIT A DEFENDANTS' 971 SPECIAL MOTION TO STRIKE EXHIBIT A DEFENDANTS' 971 SPECIAL MOTION TO STRIKE EXHIBIT A DEFENDANTS' 971 SPECIAL MOTION TO STRIKE EXHIBIT A DEFENDANTS' 971 SPECIAL MOTION TO STRIKE EXHIBIT A DEFENDANTS' 971 SPECIAL MOTION TO STRIKE EXHIBIT B DEFENDANTS' 971 SPECIAL MOTION TO STRIKE EXHIBIT B 7/23/2020 New Orleans mayoral candidate Frank Scurlock arrested at Jefferson Davis statue in bizarre episode | Crime/Police | nola.com https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/article_0c42f63c-fe4f-5069-b199-2861dd7918ae.html 1/7 ___ https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/article_0c42f63c-fe4f-5069-b199-2861dd7918ae.html New Orleans mayoral candidate Frank Scurlock arrested at Je erson Davis statue in bizarre episode BY JEFF ADELSON | jadelson@theadvocate.com MAY 8, 2017 - 4:30 PM Rain falls on the Je erson Davis Monument on Je erson Davis Parkway in New Orleans, La. on Wednesday, May 3, 2017. Police fences surround the monument. Advocate sta photo by MAX BECHERER Now, more than ever, we need your support. Subscribe to local journalism for $2.32 a week. W ork virtually — anywhere. T ry fr ee DEFENDANTS' ARTICLE 971 SPECIAL MOTION TO STRIKE EXHIBIT B-1 7/23/2020 New Orleans mayoral candidate Frank Scurlock arrested at Jefferson Davis statue in bizarre episode | Crime/Police | nola.com https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/article_0c42f63c-fe4f-5069-b199-2861dd7918ae.html 2/7 Frank Scurlock, a candidate for New Orleans mayor and would-be developer of the former Six Flags amusement park site in New Orleans East, was arrested Saturday night at the Jefferson Davis statue on Canal Street. In a video posted to YouTube, Scurlock can be seen calling out to of cers behind the barricade that has been in place around the statue — slated to be taken down by the city — since last week, while also talking on his phone to a 911 operator trying to get information about the police deployment. The video was taken by someone who goes by SHUTTERSHOT45, who was apparently in town to document Sunday's protests surrounding the group of Confederate monuments the city wants to dismantle. Scurlock said he had not met the videographer and wasn't aware of the video until contacted by the media Monday afternoon. When he doesn't get an answer, the video shows, Scurlock begins following an of cer who is leaving the area behind the barricade. DEFENDANTS' ARTICLE 971 SPECIAL MOTION TO STRIKE EXHIBIT B-1 7/23/2020 New Orleans mayoral candidate Frank Scurlock arrested at Jefferson Davis statue in bizarre episode | Crime/Police | nola.com https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/article_0c42f63c-fe4f-5069-b199-2861dd7918ae.html 3/7 The of cer tells Scurlock several times, "Don't walk up on me." When Scurlock continues to follow him, the of cer shoves him into a fence. More of cers then swarm out from behind the barricade and arrest Scurlock. When Scurlock asks what he did wrong, another of cer says, "When an of cer tells you to back off, he feels threatened. Do not walk up on him." "My civil rights, liberty and everything granted to me by the Constitution of the United States of America was taken away from me by the New Orleans Police Department," Scurlock said in an interview Monday. He said he was detained in handcuffs for several hours and his three phones were broken when of cers frisked him. He was booked on a municipal count of obstructing a public place. The citation for the incident states that Scurlock "rattled the fence where he wasn't allowed to cross," something he acknowledged he did to get of cers' attention. The citation goes on to accuse Scurlock of bumping the of cer, something he denied and which he is not seen doing on the video. DEFENDANTS' ARTICLE 971 SPECIAL MOTION TO STRIKE EXHIBIT B-1 7/23/2020 New Orleans mayoral candidate Frank Scurlock arrested at Jefferson Davis statue in bizarre episode | Crime/Police | nola.com https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/article_0c42f63c-fe4f-5069-b199-2861dd7918ae.html 4/7 Scurlock, who said he opposes the monuments' removal because it could ignite a "Civil War II," said he only just started learning about the city's two-year-old effort to remove the monuments. He said he had hoped to question the police about the timeline for the planned removals and to ask whether they were working on the city's dime or if they were there as a private detail. Mayor Mitch Landrieu's of ce has said repeatedly that the city will not release a schedule for the statue's removal due to security concerns. Scurlock said he hadn't realized there had been a City Council vote in December 2015 authorizing the removal of the Davis statue as well as monuments to Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and P.G.T. Beauregard and a marker commemorating the Reconstruction- era Battle of Liberty Place. Scurlock previously paid for skywriters to y over the Capitol in Baton Rouge while a state House committee was debating a bill that would block the monuments' removal. DEFENDANTS' ARTICLE 971 SPECIAL MOTION TO STRIKE EXHIBIT B-1 7/23/2020 New Orleans mayoral candidate Frank Scurlock accused of masturbating during Uber ride in California | News | nola.com https://www.nola.com/news/article_6d9dd929-94ab-54ca-8848-01480fe11995.html 1/11 ___ https://www.nola.com/news/article_6d9dd929-94ab-54ca-8848-01480fe11995.html New Orleans mayoral candidate Frank Scurlock accused of masturbating during Uber ride in California BY JEFF ADELSON | jadelson@theadvocate.com PUBLISHED SEP 22, 2017 AT 12:00 PM | UPDATED SEP 22, 2017 AT 2:02 PM Mayoral candidate and businessman Frank Scurlock poses for a photo at the Aurora Country Club in New Orleans, La. Thursday, July 20, 2017. Advocate sta photo by MAX BECHERER The tropics. COVID-19. Return of sports | Get the facts Subscribe today for 2.32/week DEFENDANTS' ARTICLE 971 SPECIAL MOTION TO STRIKE EXHIBIT B-2 7/23/2020 New Orleans mayoral candidate Frank Scurlock accused of masturbating during Uber ride in California | News | nola.com https://www.nola.com/news/article_6d9dd929-94ab-54ca-8848-01480fe11995.html 2/11 Now, more than ever, we need your support. Subscribe to local journalism for $2.32 a week. New Orleans mayoral candidate Frank Scurlock is facing a misdemeanor count of lewd conduct in Santa Monica, California, where he is accused of masturbating in an Uber vehicle in February. Scurlock, whose splashy campaign ads have pledged to “Uberize” the New Orleans Police Department, was allegedly caught masturbating by a driver taking him to a hotel in West Hollywood on Feb. 10, Santa Monica Chief Deputy City Attorney Terry White said. Also known for billboards showing him in his signature purple top hat and the slogan "Make New Orleans Fun Again," Scurlock said by email Friday afternoon that the charges are "without merit" and that he will be "vindicated" in court. When rst contacted by The New Orleans Advocate on Wednesday and then on Friday morning, Scurlock had said he did not have much information about the charges and declined to comment on the speci c allegations. The tropics. COVID-19. Return of sports | Get the facts Subscribe today for 2.32/week DEFENDANTS' ARTICLE 971 SPECIAL MOTION TO STRIKE EXHIBIT B-2 7/23/2020 New Orleans mayoral candidate Frank Scurlock accused of masturbating during Uber ride in California | News | nola.com https://www.nola.com/news/article_6d9dd929-94ab-54ca-8848-01480fe11995.html 3/11 "I have no idea what I’m being charged with," he said then. "What you just told me is more than I know." Asked whether he plans to stay in the mayor's race until the Oct. 14 primary, Scurlock told WWL-TV that he will be evaluating his campaign over the next few days. While the incident occurred in February, formal charges were not led until Aug. 31. White said the delay resulted in part from questions about who would prosecute the case because the Uber ride crossed multiple jurisdictions. Scurlock’s arraignment in Los Angeles County Criminal Court is set for Oct. 16, two days after the primary. The Uber driver told police and prosecutors she was driving on a freeway near Santa Monica when she heard sounds coming from the back seat, White said Friday, reading from the driver’s statement. Concluding that Scurlock was masturbating, the driver pulled over and opened the door, White said. The tropics. COVID-19. Return of sports | Get the facts Subscribe today for 2.32/week DEFENDANTS' ARTICLE 971 SPECIAL MOTION TO STRIKE EXHIBIT B-2 7/23/2020 New Orleans mayoral candidate Frank Scurlock accused of masturbating during Uber ride in California | News | nola.com https://www.nola.com/news/article_6d9dd929-94ab-54ca-8848-01480fe11995.html 4/11 When she did, she said, she found Scurlock with his pants around his ankles, his shirt pulled up and his erect penis in his hand. Asked what happened on the Uber ride, Scurlock said he had no comment. The driver ordered Scurlock to get out and went into a gas station to call police, according to her statement. While she was inside, Scurlock left the scene. Police ended up going to Scurlock’s hotel, and the driver identi ed him from a photo lineup, White said. Lewd conduct is a misdemeanor in California, but if found guilty, Scurlock would be required to register as a sex offender in the state, White said. It was not immediately clear whether he would also have to sign up for Louisiana’s sex offender registry. Though never making a dent in the polls, Scurlock, 55, has been one of the most colorful candidates in the current election cycle, donning purple top hats and suits in many appearances and suggesting the city has lost some of the spirit that made it a fun destination. The tropics. COVID-19. Return of sports | Get the facts Subscribe today for 2.32/week DEFENDANTS' ARTICLE 971 SPECIAL MOTION TO STRIKE EXHIBIT B-2 7/23/2020 New Orleans mayoral candidate Frank Scurlock accused of masturbating during Uber ride in California | News | nola.com https://www.nola.com/news/article_6d9dd929-94ab-54ca-8848-01480fe11995.html 5/11 Driving around in extended golf-carts or in an SUV decorated like a space shuttle Scurlock loaned his campaign hundreds of thousands of dollars, pouring the money into unusual strategies alongside more staid tactics like billboards and ubiquitous ads on the Weather Channel during Hurricane Harvey. The Harvey ads repeated his pledge to "Uberize" the NOPD, a strategy that boils down to dealing with long response times by having dispatchers or a smart phone app give callers an estimate on when police might arrive. He's also ooded the city with campaign paraphernalia, including containers of Cajun spices with a pledge to "shake the crime out of New Orleans." He has props such as purple brooms and plungers that he brings along with him to events, pledging to clean up City Hall. More recently, he sent media outlets a press release tied to a purple-painted brick emblazoned with the words "The Anti-Mitch," a slogan aimed at Mayor Mitch Landrieu. An early entrant into the mayoral race, Scurlock formally announced his campaign in March at the entrance to Armstrong Park as a pair of The tropics. COVID-19. Return of sports | Get the facts Subscribe today for 2.32/week DEFENDANTS' ARTICLE 971 SPECIAL MOTION TO STRIKE EXHIBIT B-2 7/23/2020 New Orleans mayoral candidate Frank Scurlock accused of masturbating during Uber ride in California | News | nola.com https://www.nola.com/news/article_6d9dd929-94ab-54ca-8848-01480fe11995.html 6/11 street performers posed and danced behind him. In addition to references to curbing crime and improving affordable housing and education, the speech detailed his grievances against the Industrial Development Board for dismissing his plan to build an amusement park at the former Six Flags site in New Orleans East. While Scurlock has often referenced his family's business in both his mayoral candidacy and his bid to redevelop Six Flags, he was bought out of the business by his ex-wife after the divorce and hasn't had any af liation with the company since 2013. Few media took much notice of his candidacy at the time, prompting him to announce it again at a series of events on a single day in May. He has also employed skywriters as part of his campaign and his opposition to Landrieu's efforts to remove four Jim Crow-era monuments, which were taken down in the spring. Scurlock's call to let the monuments remain standing made him a favorite of many of the protesters who shared his stance, though many of those were from out of town. The tropics. COVID-19. Return of sports | Get the facts Subscribe today for 2.32/week DEFENDANTS' ARTICLE 971 SPECIAL MOTION TO STRIKE EXHIBIT B-2 7/23/2020 New Orleans mayoral candidate Frank Scurlock accused of masturbating during Uber ride in California | News | nola.com https://www.nola.com/news/article_6d9dd929-94ab-54ca-8848-01480fe11995.html 7/11 The protests surrounding the monuments would also nd Scurlock landing in trouble with the police. He was arrested in May while attempting to attract the attention of NOPD of cers at the Jefferson Davis statue, which was the site of an ongoing protest by opponents of Landrieu’s plan to remove the four Confederate monuments. In that incident, which was recorded and posted online, Scurlock can be seen yelling to attract the attention of police of cers who were behind a fence surrounding the statue. He said he hoped to get information about the removal from the of cers and to tell the cops what he had heard from protesters, but he was ignored. Can't see the video below? Click here. He can be seen following a police of cer as the of cer walks out of the fenced area and repeatedly tells Scurlock not to “walk up on me.” When Scurlock continued to follow him, the of cer pushed him against the fence. Several of cers then arrested Scurlock. The tropics. COVID-19. Return of sports | Get the facts Subscribe today for 2.32/week DEFENDANTS' ARTICLE 971 SPECIAL MOTION TO STRIKE EXHIBIT B-2 7/23/2020 New Orleans mayoral candidate Frank Scurlock accused of masturbating during Uber ride in California | News | nola.com https://www.nola.com/news/article_6d9dd929-94ab-54ca-8848-01480fe11995.html 8/11 T hi s D a y I n H i story Sponsored by Connatix He was initially booked on obstructing a public place, but was later rebooked on counts of assault and crossing a police cordon. All charges were eventually dropped by the city for lack of evidence. Editor's note: This story was updated on Sept. 25, 2017, to clarify that Scurlock has not been involved in his family's business for years. FOLLOW JEFF ADELSON ON TWITTER, @JADELSON. SPONSORED CONTENT The tropics. COVID-19. Return of sports | Get the facts Subscribe today for 2.32/week DEFENDANTS' ARTICLE 971 SPECIAL MOTION TO STRIKE EXHIBIT B-2