Afroman's Defense Questions Cop Who 'Miscounted' Money Taken From Rapper's Home

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Brian Newland says he quit his dream job at the Adams County Sheriff's Office in Ohio because Afroman repeatedly falsely accused him of being a pedophile and a thief after Newland helped search the rapper's home pursuant to a search warrant in August 2022. Newland is among several law enforcement officials suing Foreman, whose legal name is Joseph Edgar Foreman, for defamation, invasion of privacy and false light over his repeated lampooning and criticisms of them, including accusing them of stealing money from his home. (You can watch Newland testify about the false pedophile claim in direct-exam here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POc4RSevoVQ) Afroman's lawyer David Osborne cross-examined Newland on Monday (March 16) at the Adams County Courthouse in West Union. Newland testified he miscounted the amount of money taken from Afroman's home, but Osborne implied that's a coverup and highlighted how Newland never corrected a document he filed with the court stating the amount of money he originally said was taken from the home. 03:42 "So there was this question about return on a search warrant. Can you explain what that is the return?" "Yes, it's just an itemized list of properties seized from location during a search warrant service." "Did it include an amount of money seized on it?" "Yes." "Does that amount of money match what was written on the evidence bag." "Yes." "So as far as the court knows, there was more money taken than what was returned?" "Um, I'm sorry?" "So as far as the court knows with the return, more money was taken than what was returned?" "That's the way it appeared. Yes." 04:18 "Did you put in an amended search warrant return?" "I don't believe so." "So you never corrected your statement to the court, correct?" "Okay, does the Adams County Sheriff's Office have a policy and procedure pertaining to the counting of money as evidence?" "I believe so." 07:37 "This may sound an extremely stupid question. How many times did you count the money?" "I counted it one time." "Why only once?" "At the time there was so much going on, I counted one time, put in the bag and until we got done." 08:18 "Back to the deposition of August 8, 2025. Do you remember that day?" "Yes." "Do you remember I asked you about the money?" "I remember that conversation about the money?" "Yes." 08:37 "Did you ask the sheriff to do an investigation on the missing money?" "I didn't, no." 09:19 "You said this job was exciting." "Yeah." "What do you mean by exciting?" "So, like I said when I when I left the military, I wanted a career that would would be not mundane, but kind of like an exciting, something new type of career. So I chose law enforcement." 10:41 "Why did your brother leave the Peebles Police Department? "He was charged with some kind of crime through Adams County Prosecutor's office. He was subsequently convicted, and he resigned or quit sometime during the process." "And it is a fair statement to say it involved minor children?" "I really don't know anything about the investigation." 11:10 "So you're not close to your brother?" "I'm not." "Are you close to your family?" "Yeah, most of my family." "Then why not your brother, who's in law enforcement?" "Well, we were both in young at the same time separate parts of the world. We kind of got close again. And then once this, you know, his issues happen, we kind of just drifted apart again." 13:46 "How do you know that your treatment today, or as you've testified to, was due solely to Mr. Foreman?" "Well, prior to this, nobody called me a pedophile..." 15:08 "Even if I move locations from Adams County to Cincinnati or to Los Angeles, people still ask if I'm a pedophile." 16:13 "You agree why you're out in the public, people are seeing you perform your law enforcement duties?" "Yes." "And based upon the what they see, they will make comments about you, correct?" "Yes." "So how you perform your duties reflects on your reputation?" "Yes." 17:12 "And so you would agree that as a police officer, you are subject to public scrutiny?" "Yes." 22:14 "ow it's not every time you're in public that people yell and scream C for pedophile, correct?" "Correct." "There's quite a few times you can have a peaceful meal with your kids and never have any problems?" "Correct." "It's only at certain times this occurs, correct?" "Correct." 23:56 "When you talk about your reputation, are you talking about your reputation are you talking about your reputation only in Adams County or are you talking about it in the whole world?" "My reputation in general, Adams County and with the county, the entire world." "So you care what people think about you in Australia?" "When it affects me and my job is." "How does Australia affect your job?" "I'm not saying that it does. ... If it affects me and my personal life and my job. Yes, it matters to me." ********************** Subscribe to Legal Affairs and Trials with Meghann Cuniff: https://www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/subscribe