The governor is accused of taking a picture of a woman he was having an affair with (several years ago) and violating her “expectation of privacy”. The law was written to prosecute guys who take pictures of women in tanning salons, etc., but has, in this case been stretched to include the idea of taking a picture without the subject’s consent.
What’s interesting is that the only evidence the picture exists is the woman telling her husband (he recorded the call) that Greitens was threatening her with it. She claims she was blindfolded but saw a flash. The prosecution does not possess the photo and no one has claimed to have seen it.
Yet he is being charged with a felony by St Louis prosecutor. I believe a Republican in Texas was hounded out of office by an Austin prosecutor. The case was dismissed but the Republican’s career was ruined. As far as I know the prosecutor suffered no ill effect from his efforts. I suspect neither will the St Louis prosecutor.
Imagine that. None of the "news" coverage has mentioned that little tidbit.