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지금 위니펙은 judge sex scandal 로 시끌법적

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요즘 위니펙은 현직에 있는 판사와 변호사를 상대로 한 $67 million 소송(lawsuit)때문에 법조계가 시끌법적합니다.

44세 흑인 컴퓨터 프로그램머인 채프먼(Chapman)은 과거 그의 변호사였던 잭킹(Jack King)과 그의 아내인 현직 판사인 로리 더글라스(Lori Douglas)와 두 사람이 다녔던 로펌 톰슨 도프맨 스위트맨(Thompson Dorfman Sweatman)을 상대로 성적인 핍박과 성희롱을 당했다고 피해보상금으로 $67 million 을 지급하라는 소송을 냈습니다.

2003년에 채프먼(Chapman)은 백인 아내와 이혼소송을 하면서 변호사 잭 킹(Jack King)을 고용했는데, 잭 킹(Jack King)은 당시 같은 회사에 다니던 변호사인 그의 아내 로리 더글라스(Lori Douglas)의 누드 사진 30여장을 보여주면서 그의 아내와 성관계를 갖도록 유혹(?)했습니다. 또한 수많은 로리 더글라스(Lori Douglas)의 숨김없는 누드사진를 보내줬다고 합니다. 나중에 채프먼(Chapman)은 잭 킹(Jack King)에게 $25,000 을 받고 이 일을 비밀에 붙이고 향후 다른 소송이나 공공장소에서 더 이상 이 얘기를 하지않도록 했는데... 어떻게 된 일인지 채프먼(Chapman)은 과거의 일을 갖고 2주전에 다시 소송을 걸었습니다.

로리 더글라스(Lori Douglas)

잭 킹(Jack King)

변호사 잭 킹(Jack King)은 2003년도의 일로 1년간 치료를 받으며 변호사 일을 중단했었고, 그의 아내 로리 더글라스(Lori Douglas)는 2005년에 the Court of Queen’s Bench family division의 판사가 되어 현재까지 재직했었으나 지난주에 조사가 진행되면서 현재는 임시적으로 보직에서 물러났습니다.

또한 법원은 채프먼(Chapman)의 컴퓨터에 로리 더글라스(Lori Douglas)의 누드사진이나 다른 정보가 있는지 조사하기 위하여 컴퓨터 압수명령을 내렸고 채프먼(Chapman)이 컴퓨터에서 아무것도 지우지 못하도록 했습니다. 만약 채프먼(Chapman)이 로리 더글라스(Lori Douglas)의 사진들을 가지고 있다면 이전에 작성한 합의서에 반하기 때문이라고 합니다.

이번에 소송을 건 알렉스 채프먼(Alex Chapman)은 이번 소송이 신문에 실리면서 지난 13년간 컴퓨터 프로그래머로 일하던 Great-West Lifeco Inc. 로 부터 해고를 당했습니다. Great-West Lifeco Inc. 의 대변인은 신문기자의 질문에 답변하기를 거절했으나, 알렉스 채프먼(Alex Chapman)은 회사로 부터 해고를 당했다고 말했습니다. 해고이유는 이번소송에 관련하여 로리 더글라스(Lori Douglas)의 누드사진을 한 웹사이트에 올린 것을 포함해서 그의 사무실 컴퓨터에서 잭킹(Jack King)과 그의 아내인 로리 더글라스(Lori Douglas)에 민사소송에 관련된 증거자료가 발견되었기 때문이랍니다.

이상 위니펙 프리 프레스에서 요약함.

원인과 결과가 어찌되었든 사회에서 청렴해야 하고 존경받아야 할 법관이 지저분한 스캔들에 말려들었습니다. 예전 학창시절 학교선생님이 "남자는 3끝을 조심해야 한다"고 누누히 강조를 했습니다. 3끝에는 손끝, 혀끝, 또끝(?)이 있는데, 이 중 하나만 잘 못 사용해도 인생을 망친다고 했습니다. 그때는 잘 몰랐는데... 세월이 흐르니 이제는 좀 알겠네요. 우리 모두들 3끝을 조심하고 인생을 삽시다. ^^

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다음은 오늘 위니펙 프리 프레스에 실린 신문기사입니다. 참고하세요.

Court orders seizure of computers in judge sex scandal

By: Mike McIntyre
Posted: 9/09/2010 1:24 PM | Last Modified: 9/09/2010 3:06 PM

WINNIPEG - Sheriff’s officers have been ordered to seize all computers and files belonging to a Winnipeg man who claims he was sexually harassed by a Manitoba judge and her lawyer husband.

Queen’s Bench Justice Joan McKelvey made the ruling Thursday following a heated, two-hour court hearing in which Alexander Chapman claims he is the victim of a racist, corrupt justice system.

"I'm a black guy who has dirt on top officials. Tell me, where do black people get fair treatment in our system," Chapman said outside court.

McKelvey said the unusual order was necessary because there is evidence Chapman still has material evidence in his possession – including explicit nude photos of Associate Chief Justice Lori Douglas – which violates a previous legal agreement.

She said sheriff’s officers can go to Chapman’s home between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. next Monday and take possession of all relevant material, which will then be placed in storage and not examined by anyone pending further court arguments.

"This is not to be a fishing expedition," said McKelvey.

Chapman told court he is trying to obtain a lawyer to represent him but is having difficulty because so many in Manitoba have connections to the parties involved in the case. He said he plans to bring a motion seeking to have all Queen’s Bench judges "disqualified" from hearing any further arguments about this case on the grounds there is a perception of bias.

If successful, it would require a judge or judges from outside the province to be brought in.

Chapman, 44, came forward last week with allegations his former lawyer, Jack King, tried to coerce him into having sex with King’s wife, Lori Douglas, while representing him on a divorce case in 2003. He said King also sent him numerous explicit nude photographs of Douglas, who was a lawyer at the time in the same firm of Thompson Dorfman Sweatman.

Douglas was appointed to the Court of Queen’s Bench family division in 2005 but announced last week she was temporarily removing herself from the bench pending the ongoing investigation.

Chapman has also filed a $67 million lawsuit against Douglas, King and their former law firm. King has filed a countersuit against Chapman, alleging he has breached terms of a confidentiality agreement which was struck in 2003. The deal saw King pay Chapman $25,000. In exchange, Chapman agreed to return all photos of Douglas, not seek legal action and not speak publicly about the case.

Chapman told court Thursday the seizure of his computers will likely impact his lawsuit against King and Douglas.

"All my evidence, all my private matters are on that computer," he said. "How am I supposed to defend myself?"

McKelvey admits this will be an "intrusion" on Chapman but said the circumstances have deemed it necessary.

"There is a definite concern evidence may be lost or those materials distributed further than they already have," she said. "Clearly he has no abided by terms of his 2003 settlement agreement"

King’s lawyer, Bill Gange, asked McKelvey to find Chapman in contempt Thursday for failing to turn over all of the pictures of Douglas, as she ordered during a hearing last week.

Chapman said he has made efforts to get the materials back from people he sent them to over the years, but many have refused. McKelvey has now ordered him to compile a detailed list of all people who were given the pictures, which will allow Gange to make separate motions against them.

Chapman also said a pornographic website which previously hosted pictures of Douglas has now put them back online in an attempt to capitalize on the publicity this case has received.

"They’re now charging people to see them, making money of them. I didn’t send them to them, I have no control over that," he said.

Chapman said he is angry he seems to be painted as the enemy. He initially refused to provide his home address to officials, saying his life is in jeopardy.

"For seven years I’ve been living in hell," he said.

Chapman also accused King’s lawyer of "slander" for bringing up the fact he was convicted of arson and uttering threats in 1993 in an attempt to discredit him. Chapman says he received a pardon for his crimes, which are registered under his previous legal name of Lenard Quaccoo.

McKelvey refused to hear any further argument on the issue, telling Chapman to file a formal motion against Gange if he wishes to pursue the issue further.

"I plan to," he said.

Man key to scandal terminated from job

By: Melissa Martin
Posted: 9/09/2010 1:00 AM

Alex Chapman plans to launch a complaint against Great-West Lifeco Inc. (KEN GIGLIOTTI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS ARCHIVES)

THE man who came forward with claims he'd been pressured to have sex with his lawyer's wife, a Manitoba judge, has been fired from his job.

Just one week after news broke that Winnipeg lawyer Jack King had attempted to entice a client to have sex with his wife, judge Lori Douglas, in 2003, that client -- Alex Chapman -- learned he'd been fired from his job of 13 years as a computer programmer at Great-West Lifeco Inc.

A Great-West Life spokeswoman declined to comment, citing privacy concerns, but Chapman said he was told he was fired over a file folder on his office computer that contained evidence for his civil case against King and Douglas, including nude images of Douglas that had been posted to a website.

On Aug. 16, Chapman said, he was called into a "high-level" meeting with GWL officials where he said he was interrogated about his background, including 1993 convictions for arson and theft for which he was later pardoned, and accusations he'd funnelled "millions of dollars" into a bank account in his birth country of Trinidad and Tobago.

The meeting came only hours after CBC had interviewed Jack King, Chapman said.

After the Aug. 16 meeting, Chapman was escorted out of the GWL office and told he was suspended with pay. He said he sought documentation from the company about his job status for nearly three weeks before a GWL lawyer informed him on Tuesday that he'd been terminated.

The firing leaves Chapman without the job that is "what kept me going in all this mess," he said. "I didn't want to pull Great-West Life into this mess, but they're somehow politically connected. I do an excellent job. I go over and beyond each day," Chapman said, citing positive performance reviews. "They just walk people out the door because somebody phoned them up and said some crap?"

Chapman plans to file a complaint about his firing to the Manitoba Human Rights Commission this week. He is also demanding the company allow him to retrieve the file. The images contained in the file were evidence for his civil case, he said, and thus not equivalent to downloading pornography.

Chapman vowed on Wednesday to continue to fight his case in the courts and the public eye. He has filed a $67-million civil lawsuit against King, Douglas and their former law firm of Thompson Dorfman Sweatman, and has also filed a complaint against King through the Law Society of Manitoba.

"Jack King wanted to pay for my silence. I've always wanted to come forward, but I was living in fear," Chapman said, referencing a 2003 settlement that saw King pay $25,000 for Chapman to sign a confidentiality agreement --- a deal Chapman broke last week when he went to the media. "What they did to me was absolutely wrong."

melissa.martin@freepress.mb.ca

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