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Fani Willis, the district attorney for Fulton County, is facing a lawsuit from a state legislator in Georgia, Rep. Mesha Mainor, who alleges that Willis, Commissioner Marvin Arrington, the Fulton County Ethics Board, and the county itself failed in their duties to properly litigate a criminal case in which Mainor was repeatedly stalked by a former friend and political associate. Newsweek reported that Mainor’s spokesperson would provide additional details regarding the lawsuit during a press conference scheduled for Tuesday.
Mainor, who won the 2020 election from the constituents of House District 56 in the Democratic stronghold of Atlanta, made headlines last July by switching parties and affiliating herself with the Republican Party, citing that she was no longer morally comfortable complying with Democrats’ “left-wing radicalism, lawlessness, and putting the interests of illegal aliens over the interests of Americans.”
The lawsuit, filed on April 2 in Fulton County Superior Court, alleges that Mainor enlisted Corwin Monson as a campaign volunteer in January 2019, who then stalked her in various forms, including showing up uninvited to campaign or church events, lingering outside her residence, making calls from different numbers and leaving voicemails, and even proposing to her in front of her minor children at her home. The lawsuit also claimed that Monson was “in love” with Mainor, though the two of them had never had a romantic relationship.
A judge granted Mainor’s request for a Temporary Protective Order (TPO) against Monson in August 2019, and he was subsequently arrested in both September 2019 and September 2020 for violating the TPO. Following the second incident, Fulton County indicted Monson for aggravated stalking, and the second aggravated assault charge in January 2021 could lead to up to 20 years of imprisonment for Monson.
However, the lawsuit alleges that Arrington, who defended Monson in a legal capacity, “used his influence to circumvent the office policies of the District Attorney’s office,” which allegedly included copying the DA 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.”
Trouble for Willis has been mounting over the past few months which has affected her election-related RICO case against former President Donald Trump. Last month, Judge Scott McAfee, who is presiding over the case, ordered her to either fire an attorney she hired, Nathan Wade, after discovering the two were involved in a romantic relationship or take herself and her entire office off of the case.
Wade resigned later the same day.
