ASPEN, Colo.—A trial is under way for a former Aspen police officer charged with placing a video camera in a shower used by his teenage stepdaughter.
Joe Holman is charged with attempted sexual exploitation of a child and attempted criminal invasion of privacy. He resigned in June 2009 after the allegation surfaced.
In opening statements Wednesday, defense attorney H. Lawson Wills said the camera didn’t work and that Holman had put it in the shower on an impulse because he was angry at the girl and knew she would find it and become upset.
Prosecutor Jonathan Pototsky argued that Holman wanted to videotape the girl in the nude.
Holman is also charged with tampering with evidence. His lawyer has acknowledged Holman destroyed the camera after the girl found it.
