FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A nanny who was arrested after police viewed hidden camera video recordings that appeared to show her shaking a five-month-old baby is suing the recording system's manufacturer.
Claudia Muro, 32, alleges that distorted camera footage wrongfully led to her arrest and imprisonment.
She was arrested in October 2003 and spent two years awaiting trial before prosecutors dropped the case because of concerns about the tape.
Broward County prosecutors in March said experts concluded the footage - also broadcast on TV - was not reliable as evidence because the videotape was time-lapsed, meaning that the movements that appeared to be rough shaking might not have been as violent as they appeared.
Robert McKee, Muro's civil attorney, told the Sun-Sentinel that the footage was misleading and caused his client to spend a long time in jail. He said there should be a warning to the consumer about the images.
The lawsuit was filed against Boca Raton-based Tyco Fire & Security, according to a report in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages.
