ORLANDO, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2026 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — Attorneys for suspended Palm Beach County Clerk of Courts Mike Caruso — accused of repeatedly sexually abusing a child family member — are wasting no time building their defense. While defense attorneys in Florida often move quickly, Caruso’s attorneys are filing motions at a break-neck pace.
Caruso remains held without bond in Orange County — the Orlando area — which is where one of the alleged incidents took place.
Just days after his arrest, Attorney Jason s. Weiss of Goldberger Weiss P.A. in Palm Beach County demanded information regarding confidential informants, surveillance video, and more. While some of this is formulaic, the speed in which it was filed is notable. BocaNewsNow.com obtained several documents. We are publishing the motion in its entirety:
>> COMES NOW the Defendant, MICHAEL ALLEN CARUSO, by and through undersigned counsel and pursuant to Rule 3.220(b)(1), Fl.R.Cr.P. (as amended July 1, 2000) and hereby serve notice of his intent to participate in discovery and requests the following information to be provided by the prosecution for inspection, copying, testing or photographing:
(i) The names and addresses of all persons known to the prosecutor to have information which may be relevant to the offense charged, and to any defense with respect thereto; and
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(ii) The statement of any person whose name is furnished in compliance with the preceding paragraph. The term “statement” as used herein includes a written statement made by said person and signed or otherwise adopted or approved by him, and also includes any statement of any kind or manner made by such person and written or recorded or summarized in any writing or recording. The term “statement” is specifically intended to include all police and investigative reports of any kind prepared for or in connection with the case.
(iii) Any written or recorded statements and the substance of any oral statements made by the accused, including a copy of any statements contained in police reports or report summaries, together with the name and address of each witness to the statements.
(iv) Any written or recorded statements and the substance of any oral statements made by a codefendant if the trial is to be a joint one.
(v) Those portions of recorded grand jury minutes that contain testimony of the accused.
(vi) Any tangible papers or objects which were obtained from or belonged to the accused.
(vii) Whether the state has any material or information which has been provided by a confidential informant.
(viii) Whether there has been any electronic surveillance, including wiretapping, of the premises of the accused, or of conversations to which the accused was a party; and, any documents relating thereto.
(ix) Whether there has been any search or seizure of any documents relating thereto.
(x) Reports or statements of experts made in connection with the particular case, including results of physical or mental examinations and of scientific tests, experiments, or comparisons.
(xi) Any tangible papers or objects which the prosecuting attorney intends to use in the hearing or trial and which were not obtained from or belonged to the accused.<<
We are republishing the arrest affidavit which depicts several allegations of horrific sexual abuse by Caruso of a child. The charges are allegations to which Caruso has entered pleas of “not guilty.”
