Sexual Harassment

McDade Has Been In Trouble Before

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We have been pointed to an opinion from the District Court for the Northern District of Georgia in a sexual harassment case filed against the subject our earlier post, Douglas County District Attorney David McDade, back in 1999. (See Lewis et. al. v. McDade, 54 F.Supp.2d 1332 (1999)). The descriptions of the allegedly harassing behavior in the opinion are classic. Here a few choice samples:

Defendant McDade would tell a woman employee to walk down the hall so that he could watch her walk from behind.
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On occasion, he made comments about Plaintiff Lewis’ legs and that her dress was a “turn-on.”
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Defendant McDade also shot rubber bands at the breasts and buttocks of the female employees.
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Defendant McDade lifted the suit jacket of Plaintiff Gerstenberger and looked and pointed at her buttocks.
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On an occasion when a man was being prosecuted who had obtained a penile implant, Defendant McDade carried the implant around the office proclaiming he was larger than the implant.

For those too lazy to look up the citation, there are more samples after the jump.
As an aside, we also found this funny:

[As an initial matter, the Court denies Defendant McDade’s Motion to Exceed Page Limit. Defendant McDade has had three prior opportunities to brief the issues in the motion for summary judgment. Defendant filed a brief of 50 pages in support of the motion for summary judgment [84-1], a brief of 25 pages in reply to Plaintiffs’ responsive brief [92-1], and a brief of 22 pages in support of his objections to the Report and Recommendation [109-1]. Defendant McDade now requests permission to file a 67 page brief in response to Plaintiffs’ objections to the Report and Recommendation [115-1]. A review of the proposed brief shows that substantial portions of it are simply restatements of arguments presented in prior briefs. It is the filing of briefs such as the one submitted by Defendant McDade which the Local Rule is intended to prevent. Therefore, Defendant McDade’s Motion to Exceed Page Limit [116-1] is DENIED. The Court will not consider the brief for purposes of this Order.

He never quite gets tired of making his point.

Defendant McDade also used language and conduct which, while not sexual in nature, was demeaning and abusive toward females.
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When she told Defendant McDade what had occurred, he pounded his fist on the desk and said, “What in the hell did I tell you to do with the goddamn mother fucking book!?” When Plaintiff tried to explain that Detective Brumbalow had taken the book from her and placed it on Detective Shaddix’s desk, Defendant stated, “Does Brumbalow sign your goddamn paycheck?” Plaintiff started trembling and was speechless.
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When females would ask for time off for medical reasons, Defendant routinely stated that the employee was “having her annual nervous breakdown,” or “sunbathing on the deck,” or “PMS’ing.”
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). When women employees would ask for a second of Defendant McDade’s time, he would often say “not unless you’ve got an empty pocket, I gotta pee!”
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During her first few days, Defendant McDade came into the secretaries’ office and demanded loudly that he wanted somebody to “pick up this file” and do the work required. He then dropped the file in the middle of the floor and all three (3) secretaries immediately went to their knees to retrieve the file.
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Defendant McDade referred to women in the following terms: “that bitch,” “blonde,” “friggin idiot,” “hysterical,” “whiney,” “squalling,” “my baby,” “a honey,” “fucking bitch,” “feather head,” “bazumbas,” “stupid bitch,” “whoa baby!” He used these terms in reference to women lawyers, women in the District Attorney’s and Clerk’s offices, women victims, and women members of victims’ families.
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Defendant McDade referred to employee Rita Fitzpatrick as a “bleach blonde,” “a hypochondriac,” “money grubber,” and a “hysterical female.”
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On two occasions, Defendant McDade hit Plaintiff Carver. On the first occasion, he hit her in the presence of the head of the Council on Battered Women in Atlanta. Defendant McDade said he did it to see what the reaction of the Director of the Council on Battered Women would be. Plaintiff Carver was shocked and did not laugh or think the matter was a joke.

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