Former coworkers in a downtown New Orleans law firm have settled a lawsuit stemming from allegations that one of the lawyers repeatedly masturbated in the other lawyer's office, soiling a dress she had left hanging on her door and other belongings. A criminal case arising from the same allegations is still pending in New Orleans Criminal District Court.
The settlement between the woman alleging she was the victim and the lawyer she sued last year, Keith Magness, led Judge Ross LaDart of the 24th Judicial District Court in Gretna to dismiss the case on Thursday, records show.
Settlement terms were not disclosed. The woman, whom NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune is not naming, sought undisclosed damages from Magness and his insurance company.
Magness faces a Dec. 17 trial in Criminal District Court in New Orleans on charges of simple criminal damage and stalking. He allegedly repeatedly went into her office to masturbate and ejaculated on her dress and elsewhere, including the seat cushion on her desk chair, according to her civil lawsuit.
They were employed in the Barrasso, Usdin, Kupperman, Freeman & Sarver firm at 909 Poydras St. According to the civil lawsuit she filed in Jefferson Parish in February, the woman claimed she noticed a substance appearing on a dress she hung on her office door. Over time, more stains appeared on the dress -- which she threw away -- and elsewhere in the office, she alleged.
The firm's office manager hid a motion-activated video camera in the office. Magness allegedly was videotaped on Aug. 27, 2011, a Saturday, going into the office, laying a dress on her desk and soiling it, according to her lawsuit.
The firm's managing partners immediately fired Magness, according to the lawsuit. The New Orleans Police Department, which booked Magness, found evidence of semen in the office, according to the lawsuit. Magness later opened a private law firm in Gretna.
Magness and his attorney Jason Williams recently lost a bid in the criminal case to bar prosecutors from using the surveillance videotape as evidence during the trial, records show.
Source: http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2012/10/lawsuit_filed_over_lawyers_mas.html
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