Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is facing another legal challenge, this time in the form of a lawsuit filed by a Georgia state legislator.
In her suit, Rep. Mesha Mainor, a Republican elected to the Georgia House in 2020, “alleges that Willis, Commissioner Marvin Arrington, the Fulton County Ethics Board, and the county itself were derelict in their duties to properly litigate a criminal case in which Mainor was repeatedly stalked by a former friend and political associate,” Newsweek reported.
A state lawmaker’s spokesperson announced that additional details about the lawsuit would be revealed during a scheduled press conference. Mainor, who won a significant victory in the 2020 election in Atlanta’s Democratic stronghold of House District 56, made waves last July by switching to the Republican Party.
She cited discomfort with what she called the Democrats’ “left-wing radicalism” and prioritization of illegal immigrants over Americans.
Mainor filed a lawsuit on April 2 in Fulton County Superior Court, claiming that Corwin Monson, whom she had enlisted as a campaign volunteer in January 2019, had been an associate for several years with many mutual friends.
He promised to help Mainor get elected but was fired a month later due to his disruptive behavior. He allegedly stalked her by showing up uninvited to events, lingering outside her home, making calls from different numbers, leaving voicemails, and even proposing in front of her children.
Despite never having a romantic relationship, he claimed to be in love with Mainor.
A Temporary Protective Order was granted against him in August 2019, and he was arrested twice for violating it.
He was indicted for aggravated stalking in Fulton County following the second incident and faces up to 20 years in prison for aggravated assault.
The lawsuit accuses Arrington of using his influence to bypass office policies while defending Monson, including copying the District Attorney on emails, negotiating plea bargains directly, and demanding meetings.
Newsweek added:
Arrington is also alleged to have told Willis “that b**** is crazy”, in reference to Mainor—claimed within the suit to have peddled his influence to in turn influence Willis.
After Willis was sworn in January 2021, she became responsible for the Monson case.
She reportedly dismissed one of his aggravated stalking cases. On the other charge, she offered a plea of three years with one year served in prison and the rest probation. Mainor said she was never informed of the plea deal, [which she] claimed to be a violation of the Georgia Crime Victims Bill of Rights.
“Furthermore, due to DA Willis’ bias towards Mr. Arrington, Plaintiff Mainor has experienced disparate treatment under the law as a victim,” the suit says. “Plaintiff Mainor has been forced to advocate for herself and her safety, although that is the District Attorney’s role.”
Willis has been facing increasing difficulties in recent months, impacting her RICO case against former President Donald Trump.
Judge Scott McAfee, overseeing the case, instructed her to dismiss her attorney, Nathan Wade, due to their romantic involvement, or remove herself and her office from the case.
Wade resigned on the same day following the judge’s order.
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