Now here’s a whopper:
One of the victims – or someone close to the victims in the Dr. Chitale case (the Ennis doctor that sedated patients, took advantage of them, squirted semen on one of their faces, got probation) – has said that Congressman Joe Barton, R-Ennis, admitted to there being photographs involved in this case.
Now this is huge because this source says Barton himself said it.
Guess that’s why County Attorney Joe Grubbs has sued state Attorney General Greg Abbott to keep from information and documents in the Chitale case from being released.
Here’s what was posted:
I infact had a face to face discussion with Joe Barton on the case involving Joe Grubbs and the fact that his office is currently involved in a lawsuit against the AG’s office to deprive the victims of Aniruddha Chitale documents they are legally entitled to. At first mention of Chitale’s name Joe Barton said, “He’s the doctor who took photos of those women while they were under anesthesia.” Since photographs have never been mentioned publicly I was startled by this statement. Despite the fact that Joe Barton continued on to say that he avoids any perception by the public that his office might have any influence one way or the other over the DA’s office it was obvious that he had been priviledged to some details of the case that I had not been priviledged to. I was only there to ask him to request that Joe Grubbs’ office abide by the State of Texas’ ruling and the open records act since he is a representative of the citizens of Ellis County and would therefore be concerned with the rights of all those citizens.
It’s ironic that of all of my blogging and news reports, there have been two trials in the past two weeks involving sexual assault suspects. That’s unheard of for these cases to go to trial. It must pain assistant prosecutor Patrick M. Wilson to forgo plea bargaining in exchange for these trials. (one of which, defense attorney Mark Griffith secured a not-guilty verdict for his client in a jury deliberation record of four minutes)
That’s not to say all plea bargains are bad. It’s like annexation. Some annexations are good and needed. Some are not.
1 Comment
February 25, 2008 at 7:39 pm
This suit is absurd, ludicrous and beyond belief, unless you live in Waxahachie. Grubbs is still trying to cover his backside. This is such an awful, tragic and life changing horrors for these women. No matter when they file, they deserve justice. A very rare commodityfor Grubbs and judge Knize. The people down there should be screaming and voting him out of office.
I suspect if he continues to sue or make our A/G’s job unbearable, he just might end up on the other side of justice, where he belongs and I pray to God, he is brought up on charges for what they did to my brother and the A/G has been aware of this for years now. So Joe, I hope you don’t think he doesn’t know your name and where you are! I have made sure of that for over four years now. So, be prepared. I know you don’t want him to see your files.