Fort Lauderdale, Florida: Accused the school shooter Florida Nikolas Cruz rushed to the prison guard and was briefly able to roll it to the ground during the 2018 quarrel before he was shown, according to a video shown in the court Wednesday.
Cruz, made his first private court appearance since before the pandemic, sitting calmly in a suit orange jumping and a shackle for 30 minutes to hear the battery and the cost of assault from the altercation of Jail Broward.
It happened nine months after February 14, 2018, shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland who left 17 dead and 17 injured.
November 13, 2018, prison prisons are being tried separately from first-level murder cases, and Wednesday’s hearing is determining whether the prosecutor must have access to Cruz medical records.
Prosecutors said they needed to review the record when the Cruz lawyer indicated their defense was Sergeant Raymond Beltran persecuted Cruz before and triggered the attack.
In the video, which did not have a voice, Cruz was seen walking alone circling with his head around several benches in the recreation area in a small room in prison.
He dressed the jumpsuit of orange guard, white-sleeved shirts and sandals.
Beltran sat at a table in the corner.
After a few minutes, Cruz stopped about 10 feet (3 meters) from Beltran and both looked exchanging words, Beltran told investigators he asked Cruz not to drag his legs and damage his sandals.
Cruz flipped both middle fingers in Beltran and then sued the guard, who stood up to defend himself.
Cruz, which weighs around 130 pounds (60 kilograms), is able to throw a larger beltran to the ground for a while, before the guard can flip it and remove it.
Cruz escaped the grip of Beltran and both of them entered a boxing attitude.
Cruz hit the Beltran on his shoulder before the guard hit Cruz on his face, surprised him.
Beltran then arm arms and pointing at Cruz, who entered the ground and handcuffed.
The fight runs almost just one minute.
Prosecutor Maria Schneider told the Elizabeth Scherer circuit judge that his team needed a complete medical record of Cruz since he arrived in prison shortly after the shooting because if Beltran had documented it, injury might have been documented.
David Wheeler, Lawyer Cruz, argues that Cruz’s medical records are private under the laws of state and federal and the most prosecutors can only see any test records that occur in the fight.
Both Cruz and Beltran did not suffer serious injuries.
Scherer said he would rule at the request of prosecution on Friday.
There is no date of trials set for assault or murder cases.
Cruz, 22, faces the possibility of a death sentence if convicted of murder charges.
His preaching said he would plead guilty of charges of murder in return for a life sentence, but the prosecutor refused.