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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The prosecutor in a rural Ozarks county alleged that a former employee and a county court worker ran a swinger-style sex ring from the courthouse as part of an effort to tarnish his name and run him out of office.
The allegations against the two female employees were made in a lawsuit filed last week by Texas County Prosecuting Attorney Mike Anderson and reported Thursday in the local Houston, Mo., Herald newspaper.
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The allegations of a sex ring and a smear campaign raised eyebrows in the county, Presiding Commissioner Donald Shelhammer said.
"That's the first time I've ever heard of anything like that. It's not just rare, it's unheard of," Shelhammer said in a telephone interview Thursday.
Anderson, a Republican elected to the post in 2002, is unopposed for re-election this year. Texas County, with a population of about 23,000, is about 90 miles east of Springfield.
Anderson's lawsuit in Texas County Circuit Court claims he is the victim of a smear campaign by a former employee of his office, Monica Daniel, and a current employee of the associate court, Mildred Williams.
Daniel could not immediately be reached for comment Thursday. Williams told The Associated Press she did not want to comment because she had not yet talked with an attorney.
Daniel earlier filed a sexual discrimination complaint against Anderson with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the prosecutor said in a news release this week. Anderson denied the charge and said he has asked the EEOC to send an investigator to Texas County.
Anderson alleged in his suit that the two women had "conspired with each other to use their public offices to coordinate and orchestrate a 'swinger' style sex ring out of the Texas County prosecutor's office and the Texas County associate court office."
The prosecutor also alleged that the two spread false information about him, including claiming he had made threatening and sexual phone calls to Daniel at her home in December.
The lawsuit also alleges the two women removed criminal investigative documents from the prosecutor's office.
Anderson could not immediately be reached for comment Thursday.
In a statement released to the Houston Herald, the prosecutor said he had filed the suit to clear the air after what he called continued harassment, slander and libel against him.
Anderson said he hoped "that bringing the truth to light is always better than rumor and innuendo".
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The prosecutor in a rural Ozarks county alleged that a former employee and a county court worker ran a swinger-style sex ring from the courthouse as part of an effort to tarnish his name and run him out of office.
The allegations against the two female employees were made in a lawsuit filed last week by Texas County Prosecuting Attorney Mike Anderson and reported Thursday in the local Houston, Mo., Herald newspaper.
Click here to find out more!
The allegations of a sex ring and a smear campaign raised eyebrows in the county, Presiding Commissioner Donald Shelhammer said.
"That's the first time I've ever heard of anything like that. It's not just rare, it's unheard of," Shelhammer said in a telephone interview Thursday.
Anderson, a Republican elected to the post in 2002, is unopposed for re-election this year. Texas County, with a population of about 23,000, is about 90 miles east of Springfield.
Anderson's lawsuit in Texas County Circuit Court claims he is the victim of a smear campaign by a former employee of his office, Monica Daniel, and a current employee of the associate court, Mildred Williams.
Daniel could not immediately be reached for comment Thursday. Williams told The Associated Press she did not want to comment because she had not yet talked with an attorney.
Daniel earlier filed a sexual discrimination complaint against Anderson with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the prosecutor said in a news release this week. Anderson denied the charge and said he has asked the EEOC to send an investigator to Texas County.
Anderson alleged in his suit that the two women had "conspired with each other to use their public offices to coordinate and orchestrate a 'swinger' style sex ring out of the Texas County prosecutor's office and the Texas County associate court office."
The prosecutor also alleged that the two spread false information about him, including claiming he had made threatening and sexual phone calls to Daniel at her home in December.
The lawsuit also alleges the two women removed criminal investigative documents from the prosecutor's office.
Anderson could not immediately be reached for comment Thursday.
In a statement released to the Houston Herald, the prosecutor said he had filed the suit to clear the air after what he called continued harassment, slander and libel against him.
Anderson said he hoped "that bringing the truth to light is always better than rumor and innuendo".
The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages.What is the name of your state?