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O And why did you why did you go to ,Iudge English?
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THE COURT: Now, -- now, is this relates to -- does this
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THE WITNESS: I'm sorry.
MS . DUNCIL: Yes, Your Honor. (eause. ) Now, 'Judge,
one -- one point t,hat I should make is we believe our
witnesses have testimony that's relevant to more than one
motion pending before the Court; in other words, our motion
to vacate the orders, not just Ehe motion to disgualify Mr.
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wanted an order signed in my favor in the Crook matter. And my
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until he approached my client at a football game.

What specifically -- what specifically did you report

to ,Judge English about, iludge Caldwell's behavior?

specific incidents that you reported Lo him?
A Yes.

Were there

O What were those?

A I reported that in September of 2007 at a Georgia
football game, I was with two girlfriends. That was the only
Georgia -- the only football game I've ever been t,o at the
University of Georgia. we were at their tailgate. I walked up.
As I was walking up, ,fudge Caldwell approached me and said that
he had just, said to his friends, who's thaL hot blond walking up;
and then he realized that it was me. He proceeded to ask me if r
had a place to sit for the game and tol-d me that if r didn't, he
would wipe one off for me and proceeded t,o wipe his mouth. He
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his Eailgate. He introduced me to Eric Hearn and I believe Mr.
Connell was present. He stated that
to his friends that I was
the girl that he was telling bhem about and that, if I would ever
go with him to the river house, that he would do everyLhing in
his power to rule in my favor. They both joked that they needed
to co-counsel me on any cases in front of 'Judge Caldwe11 so that
I wouldn't be opposing counsel. I told .Judge Caldwell I was going
to go back to
to my tailgate because I was very uncomfortable.
It was the reaIly the first time ,Judge Caldwell had ever said
anything inappropriate. He had made one inappropriate comment a
couple of years prior at a Christmas party but this is the first
t,ime it was ever directed specifically at me. He repeated the
comment several times about wiping off his mouth so I would have
a place to sit. He told me that if f ever wanEed to go to the
river house, t,hat I could call his office to arrange it,. I then
went back over to my tailgate and he again came over to the
Eailgate, repeated the con -THE COURT: Now, excuse me. All this is taking place
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testified, it's related to -- there were corunents about
orders and ruling in Ms. Brown's favor if she did certain
things in her
THE COURT: But not specifically in this case?
MS. DLINCIL: And, ,Iudge, w're getting there, to be
more specific to this case.

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tailgate and my friend said, that man's back again. f walked

out. He said, I'm getting ready to go into the football game.
I said, okay, have a nice day. He leaned in to give me a hug and
crammed his tongue in my mouth. I grabbed him by the shoulders
and pushed him back and said, 'Judge Caldwell, this is not a good
idea. And he said, you're probably right; and turned and walked
away and went, to the game. I then related to iludge English in
December of 2OO7 I received a telephone message from ,Judge
Ca1dwel1 that basically said, hey, h"y, h"y, little gir1, this
is Santa Claus; do you want to sit on Santa Claus's face for
Christmas? There was another telephone message just again, hey,
h"y, hey, little girI, this is Santa Claus,' do you wanL to come
sit on my lap for Christmas?
THE COURT: Now, when -- when did this take place?
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two female attorneys. asking them what, t,o do. They told me not
to do anything because it would ruin my career if I complained

a 'Judge and jusL Lo try to avoid him to the best possible.

He called and said he had appointed me guardian ad litem in a
case. I told hin I wasn't trained Eo be a guardian ad litem;
and he told me to t,ake t,he guardian ad litem training, which I
did. He would make off-color comments, tell me to wear my pants
a little bit tighter in court so he could read my lips while I
was arguing. After the Crook case started, other little comments
about the way I dressed or how I should dress; and then he made
the comment to my clients, which is what forced me to go to ,fudge
English and ask for help, just so the comments would stop. I
didn't want, anything to happen to .Judge Caldwell. I just wanted
the comments to sLop because for the firsc t,ime, at that point,
when he went to a client, I felt Ehat there -- my initial react,ion
was, oh, my God, he might be serious. Up up unt,il that point,
f don't have thin skin. I was just practicing law in front of
a Superior Court ,Judge. I
and I'd been advised by other female
lawyers not to say anything, so I didn't. But once he approached
a client, I had a client calling me, going, you have t,o do
somet.hing, this is appalling.
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that you made?

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His secretary. I said that ,Judge Caldwell had been
sexually harassing me. April said that she was afraid that that
was -- was what I was calling about and that she would have rfudge
English call me. He did caII and I came in and met with.Tudge
Eng1ish. I relayed everything to him and he told me that he was
sorry, that, he could not help me, and that f needed to go sit
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Why not,?

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what iludge Caldwell was going to say. I was fearful of the
ramifications of complaining about it. Everybody told me that
that that would be it, that my practice in Fayet,te County would
be over if I complained about a sitting ,Judge, and I had hoped
that ,fudge English would just go and ask him to stop it.
O Ms. Brown, just to clarify, what was the Eime frame
when you made this report to iludge English?
A October or November of 2008. It was either late October
or early November. I also called ,Iudge Edwards at that same time.
When 'Judge English said he couldn't help me, I -- I was desperate
f or help at that time. I - - but I didn't want to get ,Judge
Ca1dwell in trouble. So I called ,Judge Edwards and another Local
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it higher. So when .fudge Edwards returned Ehe caII, I didn't

caII him back.
a Other Lhan the phone call to ,Judge Edwards and the
report to iludge English, did you make any report to any other
third parties abouE what, was going on with ,Judge Caldwell in the

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I'm sorry. I'm sorry, I didn't hear that

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I'm sorry, sir.

O (ny Ms. Duncil) when -- when did that happen?
I -- I didn't hear. You asked her
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the stuff that he had said. And then I went in and said
to Judge Ca1dwe11 that the comments that he had made to my friends
aE the football game had made me uncomfortable and I thought they
were inappropriate. He denied -- well, he didn,t deny. He said,
I don't, remember saying that,. I said, wel1, Ry friend is willing
to tark to you on the phone, to remind you what you said. Arrd. he
said, that's not necessary.
0 Did the behavior stop after you had talked with ,.Tudge
Ca1dwe11 about, it?

0 Were any decisions made by Judge Ca1dwe1l based upon

his relationship with Mr. Connell in this case, in your opinion?
THE COURT: I'm sorry, say -- I didn't hear the first
part of that.
MS. DUNCIiJ: I apologize, Your Honor.
THE COURT: WeII, can you puII that microphone just a
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bit further in front of your face there?

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(Continuing) Ms. Brown,

THE COURT: My -- my hear -- my hearing is just as old
the rest, of me so it's
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THE COURT: Yeah. Thank you.
O (Cont,inuing) Ms. Brown, based on the facts that you've
test,ified to, did you think that decisions were made by 'Judge
Ca1dwel1 based upon his relationship with Mr. Connell?
MR. CONNEi.,'iJ: Your Honor, if it please the Court, I
don't see what Ms. Brown thinks is rea11y relevant in Ehis
case or to this motion or to any motion before the Court.
f can ask it in a
MS. DIINCIL: WeII, Your Honor, I
different -let the objection go to the weight and
THE COURT: I'Il
credit I give the testimony rather than admissibility. She
may answer.

sir.
(By the ttlitness) f don't know.
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to ,Judge English that ,Judge Caldwell's behavior towards you
influenced his decisions in t,he Crook case?
A I reported the comment that he had made that. if I wanted
an order signed in my favor in the Crook case that I needed to
come in his office in my light suit and Eake down my pants and at
leaet let him look aE. it if I wasn't going to let him touch it.
a Okay. Moving oD, once the case was assigned to ,fudge
Edwards and once 'Judge Edwards started presiding over the Crook
what was his first order in the case?
case, what was the
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about a report that you made to ,Judge English. Did you
subsequently make a report. of a similar nature to ,fudge Edwards?
A Yes,
A When did t,hat occur?
A March 30th, 2010, but it wasn,t done as a report.
a What precipitated that report? What what was the
catalyst for that report?
In the middle of a hearing everybody was talking.
Myself , ,Iudge Edwards, Mr. Crook, I believe Mr. Connell and
Mr. Futch were all having a discussion about the best, way for
prescriptions to be paid between the parties. ,Judge Edwards made
a comment that I was arguing his same point and it always seemed
like I thoughL he was arguing against me; and I made the comment,
I'm just so used to it in this case. He said that that was not
a fair cornment. I said it was not directed towards him. And he
said, okay. After the hearing, both myself and Mr. Futch and Mr.
Connell went back into Chambers. f asked ,Judge Edwards if I could
speak with him for a moment. Mr. Futch did t.he setme thing. r
think Mr. Connell just went back to get a cup of coffee. We
walked in. Mr. Futch apologized for an exchange that he had had
with Judge Edwards that had gotten a litt1e bit heated. And r
said, I want to apologize for my comment; it wasn't direct,ed
towards you; it was directed towards everything that occurred in

the past in this case involving iludge Caldwell and,fudge English.

And he asked me what I was referri.ng to. I t,old him that I was
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confidential conversation that I did not want to go anlnrhere or
anything done about; and he said, okay; and I proceeded to LelI

him what had occurred.

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mean, I'm sorry,
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on vacation to -- it was either MonEana or Wyoming. I had my
ceII phone at my head the whole time. He said he was going on
vacation and wanted me to go with him. I tol-d him that I
couldn't, that I had a jury trial calendar in front of iludge
Sams. He told me to caII, see if I could clear my calendar and
to call .Tudy and she would make the arrangements. I told him,
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my calendar and would I be able to go on the trip witn ,Judge
Ca1dwe1l. I told her that I had not and I would not be going
on a trip with ,Judge Caldwell. Subsequent to that,, he called
several times in one day. He was evidently having a barbeque at
his river house and left, me messages. I texted him back becauge
I didn't want to caII him; and then he called me and said that I
needed to come spend the night wit,h him, asked me where I was.
I told him I was driving home from Alabama. He told me I needed
to come to his house and spend the night, with him. I told him r
had my children and that, I couldn't do that,. And then I believe
that's the only other things Lhat I reported to Judge Edwards.
O Was there any action taken a6 a result of your reporting
this to ,Judge Edwards?
A Yes.
0 Okay. what? What occurred?
A ,Iudge Edwards called on I think it was April 1st or
f believe Kaye ca}1ed, wanted
March 30th asking -- or it might
and .Tudge Edwards wanted myself and Mr. Connell and Greg Futch
and .fack Overman in court, wanted to know if we could be there
April i-st. My brother had been shot as a police officer several
years ago and suffered a seizure and -- and we thought a stroke
that morning. So I told him I was in the hospital in Alabama and
I cou]d. not come but we could I could come back Friday. I
believe Mr. Connell had to cancel a Ieave of absence to come back.
and aludy Sanders called and asked

with us in which he said he was breaching my

confidentiality and made me tel1 Mr. Connell and Mr. overman

everything that, had gone on and advised us Lhat we needed to

advise our client,s of everything that had gone on with

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that the orders

to waive any claims that
were improper or go forward with the case and that we would need
to have a waiver signed and in our fi1e. There was a 1ot of
discussion about where the waiver needed to be, whether we wanted
it sealed. And he said we didn't even have to present it, we
could just have it in our file saying that they waived the claims.
And if we didn't have that, he would not proceed wit,h t,he case.
O Okay. This conference was on April 2nd?
A Yes.
O And where did it occur?
A In this courtroom -- Do, in ,Judge Edwards' courtroom.
In open court in this courthouse?
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if the Court Reporter was in there. I believe he even had her
Ieave during the time that I had to teII everybody everything
that .fudge Ca1dwel1 had said. So I guess anybody could hawe
walked in. f ,m not posit,ive if the doors were locked.
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f'm interested in knowing whether or not he

was offering that, so he could go forward and if you think
there's anything wrong with that or waE he pressuring you to
waive it.
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O Subsequent to that day in court on April 2nd, did you
make any reports Eo any of the iludges regarding your prior reports
about ,Judge Ca1dwell and the issue of the waiver?
A f'm sorry, will you ask that again?
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me what I considered to be a stare. I turned to Greg Futch and
said, am I imagining that or did I just get a death stare? And
he said, rlor you absolutely got one. ,Judge Edwards he asked
.Tud.ge Edwards to come speak with him in Chambers ' They went back
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that 'Judge English wanted me in his Chambers. I went t,o ,Iudge

English's courtroom. It was approximately 1-1-:45. f was trying
to catch him before lunch. I walked in. He said, Ms. Brown, you
are to be in my office at 1:30; do I make myself clear? I said,
yes, Your Honor, you do. At that point I walked out and attempted
to call an attorney to seek advice. Subsequent to that, I called
Eric Maxwel1, who is a loca1 attorney and a county commissioner,
and asked him if he would come be my witness for this meeting
because I didn't know what the meeting was about. I could only
assume at Chat, point it was about what I had reported Eo Judge
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got a telephone call telling me the meeting was being moved to
two o,clock. I called back, said f received the message and that
Eric Maxwell would be accompanying me as my witness. When we got
back, April put us in I think it was a jr.y room and ,Judge Bnglish
walked in holding a lett,er in his hand. And I said, am I in some
tlpe of trouble? And he said, Yes, young lady, you are; you are
in a significant amount of trouble. And Eric MaxweII said, weI1,
then I,m not going to aIlow her to talk to you. Judge English
said, she doesn,t have a choice; she's talking to me. And Eric
said, IIO, she absol-ute1y has a choice; I'm not going to a1low it.
At that point, he said, this has nothing to do with the crook
matter and I'm bringlng iiudge Edwards in as a witness.
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the Crook matter; is that correct?

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proceed -- I mean, .Iudge English proceeded

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a former client of mi-ne whose
case had settled that stated that I had told her that ,Judge
English did noL care about extramarital affairs because he was
involved in an extramarital atfair with his law clerk. He asked
me if I had -THE COURT: with his 1aw clerk?
THE WITNESS: With his law clerk.
(Continuing) He asked me if f had, in fact, said that.
I said, DO, I have never said that, you were having an affair
clerk; however, the rumors are rampant
with your 1aw clerk
around the courthouse that you are hawing an affair wit.h a Public
Defender. He t,hen said, other than Kimberly, who else are there
there's
rumors that I'm having an affair with? I said, there's
been other rumors. At which point, he said that there was a rumor
that Eric and I had dated and he then I then said something
was said about the Crook matter. And I said, but I thought this
was abouE Crook because of aII the stuff that I had come to you
about in August, when you t,o1d me you wouldn't help me. He said,
that,S correct; I told you I couldn't help you because I wasn't
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everything, asking him what to do; and ,fudge English reiterated
he didn't know why rfudge Edwards came to him; and ,Judge Edwards
said, because you're my boss; and there was a conversation between
the two of t,hem about whether or not Judge English was ,Judge
Edwards' boss, at which point ,fudge Edwards said, had you -- you
did not tell me not to do anything about this; had you instructed
me not to do anything, f wouldn't have; buE you encouraged me to
do what f felt was right and what I needed to do. And I guess
that's when the report, was made.
In the hearing that happened on April L2t,h in the Crook
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matter, what occurred?
A Greg Futch and I were under t,he impression that if we
did not have a signed waiver in the file, the case was not going
to be going forward. When we came in to court, ,Iudge -- Greg
Futch said that we did not have a signed waiver, our client was
not willing to sign a waiver at that time. The week before, in
between the 2nd and the 12th, had been spring break and Ms. Crook
had not had an opportunity to seek outside counsel. r did not
feel that I was the appropriat,e person at that point t,o give
her advice on whether or not to waive any claims againsE .Iudge
Ca1dwe11 and Mr. Futch didn't feel that he was either. So we
asked for additional time for her to obtain ouLside counsel.
Mr. Connell objected, saying that we could go forward; he could
present his side of the case; we could present our side later.
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Mr. Fut,ch said at that point we were not prepared to proceed to

trial because ,Judge Edwards had tord us that it would not go to
trial if we did not have a waiver from our client, and we were
aware of the fact we were not having a waiver from our client.
At which point, ,fudge Unglish entered and whatever happened between
the two of them happenedi eame out, ,fudge Edwards then started
saying he was inclined to make the hearing go forward within an
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a final hearing?
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(Continuing) He had a recusal order on his desk and he

kept saying, f will sign this one or f can sign this one; and he
handwrot,e the other order regarding what was to occur as far as
getting the waiver, other items. He said he wanted it signed
without objection.
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MR. CONNELL: Your Honor, please, -- if
rather than
continuously interrupt, I would ask the Court to note that
what Ms. Brown says occurred at that hearing doesn't
neeessarily comport, with the transcript; and while the
transcript is Ehe highest and best evidence of that
proceeding, I would ask the Court to bear that in mind
without me jumping up and down -THE COIIRT: The Court's already placed on the record
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the testimony of the witness. So we may proceed.
MR. CONNELL: Thank you, sir.
(Ay ttre Wit.ness) Umm,
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signing one of two orders and can you just briefly teII us, what
were the two orders?
A ,fudge Edwards had a recusal order saying t.hat he would
volunt,arily recuse himself and then he had an order that he had
handwrote,' and we had looked at iE and Mr. Connell had added a
paragraph to the end of iL; and Mr. Futch said, go ahead and sign
the order; and t,he.fudge said, without objection; and I turned Lo
Mr. Futch and said, the recusal order; and he sald, ro, without
objection. And that's when the handwritten order was signed.
O okay. You're talking about the order dated April l2t)l,,
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-- what was Ehe content of Lhe paragraph that you mentioned Mr.
Connell had added to the order?
A rn a previous hearing, ,Judge Edwards had held Mr. Crook
in contempt and ordered him to pay a certain sum of money. Ms.
-- he had paid it t,o Mrs. crook. I don't believe I -- I don't
recall if it was Mr. ConneII or the .fudge stated that in order
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back in the position that, they were in before the orders were
granted; and so he Mr. Connell asked that the money be paid
back and put back in and the money to come -- Mr. -- Mr. Crook
had been paying his alimony into Mr. Connell's trust fund. So he
asked that the money be paid back and the parties puE back in the
same position, and that was the paragraph.
O Okay. And t,o clarify, are you talking about the
posit.ion prior to any of the orders having been entered in this
case?

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Okay. Subsequent to that, what occurred?
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I have no further questions at this time

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