KSHB 41 joins KC Star and Team Roc to advocate for the use of cameras in Golubski’s trial

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Team ROC has hired attorneys for KSHB 41, the Kansas City Star and other media outlets to argue that cameras should be allowed in the trial of former Kansas City, Kansas, police detective Roger Golubski.

Golubsky is scheduled to go on trial Dec. 2 in Topeka federal court on charges of deprivation of civil rights.

The motion states that Golubski “is accused of a brutal catalog of sexual crimes committed against vulnerable young women during his long tenure as a law enforcement officer with the KCK Police Department. Over the course of several years, the defendant allegedly committed crimes of aggravated sexual assault.” , kidnapping, attempted aggravated sexual assault and attempted kidnapping, all under color of law, and all against the residents of KCK, located more than 60 miles from Topeka, the court’s chosen location for the upcoming trial.”

While the motion acknowledges that Rule 53 generally prohibits the broadcast of a trial inside a courtroom, in this case the live feed would be broadcast from an additional room rather than from inside the courtroom itself.

Therefore it would not violate Rule 53.

The courtroom is expected to fill quickly each day of the trial.

Attorneys say some people interested in the trial may not be able to afford transportation to and from Topeka each court day.

The trial will last 17 consecutive days and will last until January 2025.

The court filing also includes procedures used during the televised trial of Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer accused of killing George Floyd.

Golubski was first arrested at his home in Edwardsville, Kansas, in September 2022.

His arrest comes after years of being accused by the KCK community and social justice organizations of abusing and terrorizing black men and women.

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