Florida Lawyer Disbarred for Soliciting Sexual Favors, Recording Adult Films With Inmates
A Florida lawyer has been disbarred for having sexual encounters with inmates in jail and recording the said acts for an adult film, according to the state Supreme Court.
The lawyer was 58-year-old Andrew Spark, who would reportedly solicit sex from imprisoned women and offer to put money in their commissary accounts.
Lawyer faces 5-year probation
In return, they would have to let him use the footage for an adult film he entitled "Girls in Jail," according to authorities.
The high court found that Spark abused his attorney-client privilege to gain access to private jail rooms in two separate detention facilities, according to a New York Daily News report.
Spark did this for his own prurient and/or financial interests, as the panel said in a recent disciplinary notice posted on The Florida Bar's website.
Spark previously pleaded guilty to bringing contraband into detention facilities and solicitation of prostitution. The disbarred lawyer is also serving five-year probation that ends in 2024.
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Suspect's history of sexual misconduct
Back In 2017, Spark was also arrested in Pinellas County wherein Sheriff Bob Gualtieri opened a press conference saying that Spark pretended to be the personal attorney of a woman currently sentenced for sexually assaulting a 7-year-old child, according to a Law and Crime report.
Gualtieri said that the woman was surprised to see Spark in the private attorney visitation room and he solicited her for sex on camera in return for money. The woman said no but had left the chance open for it to happen in the future.
The sheriff further said that Spark met the woman and her co-defendant husband two years before at a porn convention. At the time, the attorney attempted to solicit the woman for sex but could not agree on a price.
Gualtieri said that investigators found evidence that Spark did have sex with another female inmate at least six times. The investigation also found that Spark solicited sex with another woman at the Falkenburg Road Jail in Hillsborough County.
Spark presented his Florida Bar identification and acted as if he was the woman's attorney and was allowed to meet with her.
Gualtieri said that Spark had really duped the system.
"He wasn't her lawyer; he wasn't representing her. But as an attorney, he's given the courtesy of going into the jail to meet with clients," Gualtieri was quoted on a Miami Herald report.
The female inmate then family members what being done to her by Spark. Family members then told law enforcement.
Spark was reported to use his table to record one female inmate giving him oral sex. The said female agreed to be an undercover agent for investigators.
On Dec. 17, 2017, Spark visited the said female inmate and has prepared for the usual arrangement to start. The referee's report said that the law enforcement then entered the room and arrested Spark who had his zipper down.
Investigators searched Spark's electronic devices after his arrest and found photos of an inmate in Hillsborough County's Jail and a jail phone records where an inmate asked Spark for money.
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