Wishful thinking? How long do you guess it will be before arrest happens?
I know. Only a guess. But you have kept up with this case so well.
In May 2023, BM filed suit against more than 20 individuals involved in the investigation and prosecution of his case. Accordingly, each defendant named in the suit answered the complaint with Motions to Dismiss-- some in very great detail.
Following an extended deadline granted by the Court, BM responded to the defendants Motions to Dismiss, and the defendants again answered. Subsequent to filed answers by the defense, BM voluntarily dismissed suit against three of the named defendants (FBI SA's Grusing, Harris, and CCSO Sgt Hysjulien).
At this time, the Court has scheduled a two hour Motions hearing on Aug 21 to hear arguments by the remaining defendants who were not dismissed from the suit.
Following the hearing, it may take several months for the Court to rule on the Motions to Dismiss. Should the Court grant each defense Motion, BM's suit will be over, and there will be no trial.
However, if the Court denies the defense Motions, all or in part, the parties will then enter the part of the lawsuit (Discovery) where each plaintiff and defendant has a chance to gather information from the other that can be used to prove or defend against the other party’s claims in the case. This is also the phase when each defendant can depose BM to answer their questions under oath.
IMO, it follows that the DA's Office for the Criminal case would want to wait for the 20+ depositions by BM before refiling charges against him.
In other words, I don't see BM being arrested on or before Sept 22!
But should the Court dismiss BM's lawsuit before the end of the year, I'd like to think a warrant for BM's arrest might be executed without delay. MOO