PWInsider has reported that prosecutors filed a motion on September 2, responding to the motion filed in August by legal representation for Shawn Chan.
Attorneys for Chan, who was charged one count of interstate domestic violence after being found stalking Liv Morgan, asked the court to reconsider him being held without bail throughout the trial.
Responding to claims that the legal counsel has secured a Salvation Army location where Chan can reside, prosecutors stated in the motion:
The Defendant, Shawn Chan, is a danger to the community, a serious risk of flight, and there are no conditions of release that will reasonably assure Chan’s appearance at further proceedings of this case. The United States requests that Chan remain detained pending trial.
Chan signed a waiver of speedy trial order to allow time to be psychiatrically evaluated, but his status as a Canadian citizen and having no ties to the state in which he was arrested led to the following statement in the motion:
Chan’s history and characteristics also demonstrate that he is a very real risk of non-appearance. To begin, Chan is a Canadian citizen who, as explained above, was only in the Middle District of Florida to intimidate and stalk [Morgan]. He has no reported family in the Middle District of Florida. He does not have a job in the Middle District of Florida, nor does he have any authorization to work in the United States. In fact, Chan has no obvious ties to this country at all. Instead, his only contacts appear to be in Canada—where he could easily flee if released. What’s more, at the initial detention hearing, Chan reported having no mental health problems. Since then, however, Chan’s counsel has indicated that Chan is being evaluated for competency. Given Chan’s lack of ties to the community and these serious mental health concerns, there is no condition or combination of conditions that can reasonably assure Chan’s appearance at trial.
Chan was arrested on June 3 at the WWE Performance Center, after security recognized him from the surveillance footage of when he showed up at Liv Morgan’s home just days prior, and is facing up to five years in prison.
Source: Fightful