A second waiver hearing was held for Brandon Beckham, a candidate for Utah State Senate, early Wednesday morning.

Beckham, 46, was charged with forcible sexual abuse, a second-degree felony, for an incident that allegedly occurred on June 22, 2021. Charges were filed on Feb. 25.

Randall Spencer, Beckham’s defense attorney, made a request to show cause concerning contempt with the court. Spencer said he believes three individuals wrongfully recorded a prior hearing for political gain, and clarified that none of the three individuals were members of the press.

He asked 4th District Judge Thomas Low to hold a specific hearing to address the matter.

In an interview with the Daily Herald, Spencer said his reason for filing the request was because the actions of the individuals created publicity. That publicity could, in turn, taint the jury pool.

“It was obviously, in our opinion, being used for attempted political gain, so we felt the deliberate violation of court rule was appropriate to bring before the court and so we did,” Spencer said.

During the hearing, Spencer mentioned that a number of subpoenas were served to third-party individuals and three filed objections to the subpoenas.

According to court records, three objections to subpoenas were listed for Richard Jaussi, Utah Sen. Keith Grover and Julie Grover.

Beckham is currently running in the GOP primary against Keith Grover for Senate District 23, which stretches from Pleasant Grove and Lindon along Orem west of Orem Boulevard and covering Vineyard. Julie Grover is the wife of Keith Grover and Jaussi is his campaign manager.

Judge Low granted the hearing request; it will be held next Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. to discuss the objections.

“We filed and served subpoenas, and the recipients of the subpoenas objected to some of the documents we requested to be produced,” Spencer said. “So, the judge will review the subpoenas and make a determination as to whether or not the subpoenaed parties are obligated to provide the documents requested.”

Deputy County Attorney Stephen Jones, representing the state, brought to Spencer’s attention that two emails were sent from Beckham to the victim.

Jones said they were “political in nature”; however, the emails addressed the victim by name. This was a violation of the protective order and Jones requested it to not happen again. Spencer said he would address the topic with Beckham to make sure it doesn’t happen again.

In a previous interview with the Daily Herald, Spencer said he was submitting a request of discovery disclosure from the state. According to court documents, the state responded June 10 by filling a motion for a time extension to respond to the defendant’s discovery request.

Low had to approve an amended version of the protective order because the original had an erroneous case number. The amended protective order now has the correct case number, and nothing else was changed.

Beckham’s third waiver hearing was set for Aug. 10 at 8:30 a.m.