ATHENS, Ga. — Attorneys for an Athens business owner are seeking an arrest warrant for District Attorney Deborah Gonzalez after she allegedly committed multiple violations of state open records laws that include asking one of her employees to destroy records, according to a new civil lawsuit.
The lawsuit is the latest development in an ongoing legal saga between Gonzalez and Athens bar owner Jarrod Miller over Gonzalez's ability to properly serve as district attorney in Clarke and Oconee counties.
Neither party provided comments to 11Alive before publication.
The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Athens-Clarke County Superior Court, alleges that Gonzalez asked former Western Judicial Circuit Assistant District Attorney June Teasley to delete messages between the two.
In a sworn statement filed as part of the lawsuit, Teasley alleges that Gonzalez asked her to delete text messages regarding Teasley's medical leave request. Gonzalez told Teasley she didn't want the information "in the newspapers in case (Gonzalez) received an open records request," according to court documents.
"DA Gonzalez ordered her subordinate, ADA Teasley, to destroy records of text messages specifically for the purpose of altering and falsifying records of communication to frustrate and prevent the disclosure of such communication," the lawsuit reads. "Rather than redact the records or claim an exemption, DA Gonzalez ordered the destruction of the records."
...
JAMMU: The family of a 26-year-old Christian man in Lahore has rejected allegations of blasphemy because of which he was arrested in August. The family has said that his arrest was baseless as the...