Top of Form CASE NO. 97-82 COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA, FIFTH DISTRICT 1997 Fla. App. LEXIS 11860; 22 Fla. L. Weekly D 2375 October 10, 1997, Opinion Filed SUBSEQUENT HISTORY: [• I] Released for Publication January 22, 1998. Motions for Rehearing. Clarification, and Certification Reported at: 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 20. PRIOR HISTORY: Petition for Certiorari Review of Order from the Circuit Court for Brevard County. Frank Pound, Judge. DISPOSITION: Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. CASE SUMMARY PROCEDURAL POSTURE: Petitioners sought review of an order from the Circuit Court for Brevard County (Florida), which granted, in part, a motion to compel discovery by respondents. OVERVIEW: Respondents owned and operated a leisure spa, whose primary business was prostitution. Petitioners were employees of the spa who provided prostitution services. They filed a multi-count complaint against respondents for compensatory and punitive damages, alleging numerous causes of action. Petitioners objected to respondents' discovery requests, contending they would cause them irreparable harm because they would be compelled to disclose intimate details of their sexual history. The court denied their certiorari request. Petitioners' primary action was for coercion of prostitution, based on Fla. Stat. ch. 796.09. Although the scope of discovery was generally quite broad, discovery under ch. 796.09 was constricted to encourage prostitutes to sue their pimps. Since petitioners filed a multi-count complaint, the other causes carried no such protection from discovery. Since the information may be relevant or lead to discovery of admissible evidence in the other causes of action, the trial court did not depart from the essential requirements of law in granting this discovery. OUTCOME: The court denied petitioner's request for a writ of certiorari because petitioners filed a multi- count complaint for compensatory and punitive damages, alleging numerous causes of action