Discovery Limits Set in Wiretapped Ex-Prosecutor’s Lawsuit

A former Brooklyn prosecutor who was illegally wiretapped by a supervisor has convinced a federal judge to limit access to the intercepted communications in a civil suit against her former employer and colleagues.

The plaintiff, Stephanie Rosenfeld, was the victim of a wiretapping operation that landed former Brooklyn assistant district attorney Tara Lenich in prison.

Lenich forged judges’ signatures on wiretap orders she used to conduct 16 months of surveillance on Rosenfeld and an NYPD detective.

The scandal got Lenich disbarred and incarcerated for a year. And it became tabloid fodder when it emerged that Lenich set up the wiretaps ...