The Broward Sheriff’s Office will be asked to pay the six-figure legal fees of former deputy Scot Peterson, the school resource officer who recently was acquitted of all charges for failing to confront the Parkland school shooter, his attorney said Thursday.
Peterson’s attorney, Mark Eiglarsh, did not give the exact dollar amount for legal fees, which include the costs of subpoenas, visual aids for the jury and depositions for the lengthy case, but called the final six-figure amount “exorbitant.”
Eiglarsh added, “Prosecutors should have thought about that before pursuing charges against an innocent man.”
