Naked Photos of Judge Accompany Complaint
The formal complaint was filed in July with the Canadian Judicial Council against Lori Douglas, associate chief justice of Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench (family division)…
So how did naked photos of family division judge end up in a complaint against her relating to events stretching back to 2003?
The complainant, a 44-year-old computer specialist named Alexander Chapman, claims that Jack King, Chapman’s lawyer in his divorce case at the time, sexually harassed Chapman by pressuring him to have sex with King’s wife, Lori Douglas (also a lawyer at the time, now the aformentioned judge). Chapman claims King showed him about 30 sexually explicit photos of Douglas, showing her naked in various forms of bondage, in chains, with sex toys and performing oral sex.
Worryingly, these weren’t just peeks at hard copies from the local Snappy Snaps – King reportedly posted the pictures on a porn website, apparently without Douglas’ knowledge, and gave Chapman password access.
CBC: Chapman said King invited him out for a drink and mentioned a porn website devoted to interracial sex, particularly between black men and white women.
“He was talking to me about websites and stuff, and … he gave me a website to go to called Darkcavern.com,” said Chapman, who is black and originally from Trinidad.
King supplied him with a password, Chapman said, and told him to look at a section called “Our White Princesses,” where white women post photos to attract black men. Numerous nude photos of King’s wife, who was a lawyer at the same firm her husband worked at, were posted there, Chapman said.
“I wanted to puke,” Chapman said.
When his divorce concluded, Chapman said he filed a complaint to the managing partners at King’s firm and received a $25,000 cash payment from King in return for promises not to take legal action against King and his partners. The full allegations can be reviewed in the CBC report but considering King’s behaviour and Chapman’s acceptance of a $25,000 payoff in relation to the alleged events; in the round, it leaves one with the impression that the judge at the centre of the scandal is more of a victim than anyone else. Unfortunately for her however, that may not matter.
Sébastien Grammond, dean of civil law at the University of Ottawa told CBC News, “If pictures of you naked end up on an internet site, it’s quite difficult to say you have the credibility to be a judge.”
