Attorneys for a man charged in a lurid murder case in Colorado Springs said in court Wednesday that a notorious adult website has rebuffed their request for information.
Operators of Ashley Madison, a dating website that caters to people seeking extramarital affairs, told attorneys for James Woo the site had deleted data that Woo’s defense team had requested under a subpoena.
The paid subscription website was vaulted onto the public stage in July 2015 after a data breach threatened to expose millions of the website’s users – roiling marriages and sparking lawsuits.
The setback comes as Woo prepares to face an El Paso County jury later this month on charges that he fatally shot Julie Tureson in April 2016 and left her body handcuffed to the passenger door of her truck inside a self-storage unit he rented in Colorado Springs. A judge in December agreed to postpone Woo’s trial for about a week, to Jan. 22.
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