Lawyers for Matthew Farwell, a former Stoughton police detective accused of killing a young pregnant woman whom he allegedly began sexually exploiting when she was 15 years old , are seeking to have his upcoming trial moved to Rhode Island, according to court documents filed Monday

The “saturation of prejudicial local publicity” and its impact on potential jurors is cause to move the federal proceedings from Massachusetts to Rhode Island, the documents state.

Lawyers for Farwell, 40, requested the change of venue to Providence in a 23-page motion filed Monday. Farwell’s trial is scheduled for next October.

Farwell “should be tried in a court of law, not the court of public opinion,” his defense lawyers wrote in the motion.

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