Overview
- Judge Brian Ferrall of San Francisco Superior Court, who approved the dismissal Wednesday, closed the nearly decade-long prosecution with an expungement.
- The January 2025 settlement ended the case with no admission of wrongdoing, no fines, and no probation after a brief no-contest plea to one recording charge.
- Attempts by the Feminist Majority Foundation and the National Abortion Federation to block the agreement failed in court.
- The prosecution began under then–Attorney General Kamala Harris with a 2016 home raid, followed in 2017 by recording charges brought by Xavier Becerra.
- Daleiden’s 2015 undercover videos about fetal tissue practices preceded a $7.8 million settlement in which two firms admitted illegal sales tied to Planned Parenthood facilities.