INDEPENDENCE — Sentencing for reality TV star Chris Soules in the April 2017 crash that killed an Aurora farmer Kenneth Mosher will have to wait for another day.

INDEPENDENCE — Sentencing for reality TV star Chris Soules in the April 2017 crash that killed an Aurora farmer Kenneth Mosher will have to wait for another day.

(Red Oak) -- A Red Oak man has filed a lawsuit against the Adams County Sheriff's Office in federal court alleging his free speech rights were violated.

INDEPENDENCE -- Sentencing of reality-TV celebrity Christopher Soules was again delayed after a district court judge struck from the process three victim impact statements and ordered the drafting of a new pre-sentence investigation report. The defense team for the Arlington native argued that the statements from the wife and two sons of  66-year-old Kenny Mosher of Aurora, who died in a 2017 crash involving Soules, were inappropriate for the charge before the court. The statements are also prejudicial because they place blame on Soules for the accident, a fact that was not adjudicated by a jury, defense argued.In November, Soules pleaded guilty to an aggravated misdemeanor charge of leaving the scene of a personal injury accident rather then the original felony charge as part of a negotiated deal with prosecution. On Tuesday, he that lesser charge was key in Buchanan County District Court Judge Andrea J. Dryer agreeing with the defense motion to strike three statements from consideration in the sentencing process."What he admitted was  that he drove a vehicle involved in an accident that resulted in serious injury to another person, that he knew of the accident, he knew there was an injured person and that he did not provide all the information required by section 321.63 before he left the scene," she said. "That's what he admitted, and that is what we are here to decide the appropriate disposition for. We are not here to decide the appropriate disposition for any other charge, any other offense. Period."Dryer cited the state code section defining a victim for the purpose of contributing a victim impact statement. She said the court is required to abide by that definition when allowing statements to be considered by the writer of a pre-sentencing investigation report, which is drafted to assist a judge in deciding sentence. Dryer also noted that, unlike in a felony case, she is not required to ask for a pre-sentencing investigation report in an aggravated misdemeanor case. She agreed to order one because both the defense and prosecution were asking that a new report be drafted.Prosecution had agreed in the plea deal to adopt and recommend the sentence contained in the report, which Assistant State Attorney General Scott Brown said when asking for a new report.Brown unsuccessfully argued on behalf of the prosecution for retaining the victim impact statements."Mr. Soules leaving the scene did directly cause emotional harm to Mr. Mosher's family," he said. "They've sought explanations of what happened from the moment they arrived at the scene of the accident. By leaving the scene and not returning, Mr. Soules deprived them of timely answers about Mr. Mosher's death both by making himself unavailable and by depriving law enforcement of a chance to determine whether intoxication or exhaustion or other impairment was the cause or a contributing factor to the collision and to the source of Kenny Mosher's family's loss."