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Personal foulMANKATO, Minn. (KMSP)It was a case that stunned the nation: A Minnesota college football coach accused of using his own children to make porn videos. It turned out to be false.For the first time, the Fox 9 Investigators can explain how the fiasco unfolded after obtaining secret documents that reveal the tactics used by the prosecutors who went after Todd Hoffner."I believe that resuming my job as head football coach will heal my injury," Hoffner said at a press conference.His long nightmare in the national spotlight is over, but there is still a huge nagging question: Why did it ever happen?"Well, I guess first of all, we don’t go looking for these cases," Blue Earth County Attorney Ross Arneson said. "They come to us."Arneson is the one man who can Michael Kors Outlet answer that question."A lot of publicity has been devoted to this case," Arneson said. "None of it’s come from me."The Fox 9 Investigators asked Arneson for an interview. He declined. He hasn’t spoken publicly about Cheap Replica Sunglasses the case since he appeared on Mankato’s KTOE radio in November of 2012."This is one of about 600 felony cases that we’ll be handling Replica Sunglasses this year," Arneson said.That was the day a judge drop kicked the matter of Minnesota vs. Todd Christian Hoffner out of court. She ruled there was no evidence to support criminal charges that the Minnesota State University Mankato football coach had used his own children to make porn videos.When asked if the decision surprised him, Arneson said, "Yes."It should not have been a surprise. There were substantial clues early on that the case would collapse. We know this based on a review of court records and documents made available to the Fox 9 Investigators. We also discovered that this isn’t the first time Arneson has been accused of being overzealous with a case. Two other people want apologies for how they were treated."I received a heck of an education in the justice system," Hoffner said at a press conference.Arneson’s office decided to move ahead with criminal charges against Hoffner even though police detectives were "uncertain" whether videos of the coach’s children on his university issued cell phone were pornographic."It seemed to be, with one elected official, a gross case of hubris," attorney Jim Flemming said.The case appeared to be falling apart from the start. Court records show the county’s Human Services Department launched a child protection investigation and cleared Hoffner of any wrongdoing. An expert on human sexuality viewed the videos and said they were nothing more than "children engaged in healthy play."The judge who Cheap Michael Kors ultimately tossed the case said the only thing the videos contained were nude images of "minor children dancing and acting playful after a bath."Now, compare that to the language the prosecutor used to argue against dismissal of the charges:"In these videos, the defendant’s children expose their genitals in a lewd manner and, at one point, the son is seen masturbating.""I don’t think I will understand what certain individuals did, what they did or made the decisions that were made," Hoffner said. "That is for others to sort out and to deal with."The Fox 9 Investigators spent 16 months sorting, and documents reveal some of the tactics used by prosecutors."I assure you that our children are not abused or exploited," Hoffner’s wife, Melodee, said.When Hoffner was arrested, police had a search warrant to take computer equipment from his home. A Mankato officer trained in computer forensics searched the hard drives and found no evidence of child pornography; however, he did recover deleted files of "adult" pornography on the coach’s university issued laptop.Yet, in his report, the officer wrote, "The Dell laptop had accounts for previous users. I am not able to determine any information including which user account accessed them regarding the creation or deletion of these images.""To me, at some point, somebody knew that going forward was not in the interest of justice, was not in the interest of the prosecutor’s office," Flemming said.But the county attorney’s office didn’t back down. Records reviewed by the Fox 9 Investigators show Michael Hansen, the prosecutor assigned the case, tried to use the police computer forensics report against Hoffner.Hansen put together a motion to add the report as "new evidence," suggesting the images which included bestiality showed Hoffner had committed other "wrongs."