KISSIMMEE, Fla. – Prosecutors can use evidence found on a cellphone and Google Drive belonging to Stephan Sterns to prove he raped 13-year-old Madeline Soto when Sterns goes on trial for sexual battery later this month, a judge said Wednesday.
Circuit Court Judge Keith Carsten announced in court that he had denied a defense motion seeking to suppress the cell phone evidence, which Sterns claimed police had improperly seized from him.
Jury selection in the sexual battery trial is scheduled to begin July 22, Carsten said. The judge denied a joint motion filed by Sterns and prosecutors seeking to delay the trial…