Linda Carter summoned her inner circle to her fifth-floor office in the Johnson County Courthouse. It was fall 2006, and Carter was the director of administration for then-District Attorney Paul Morrison. She wanted to play show and tell with her girlfriends — Brenda Albright, Shawna Chambless, Shelly Hartman and Stacey Trumbly. They all reported to Carter. They were also supervisors in the District Attorney's Office.
Carter named her group of gossip girls the Doll Club. She came up with the name after seeing a production of Valley of the Dolls in December 2005 during a girls' night out at the now-defunct Late Night Theatre. Being a member of the Doll Club meant asylum from the often-vindictive Carter, but it also meant putting up with her antics.
Carter shut and locked her office door. To build anticipation, she told the Doll Club to look away. The women turned their backs to her.
Carter slipped her panties down below her skirt. Her lacy lingerie hung around her knees. The women turned around to gaze at Carter's new pink thong.
A former Doll Club member recalls the reactions of the others. Trumbly was uncomfortable. Hartman was mortified. Chambless and Albright were grossed out.
Carter was pleased.
"It was pretty, but I didn't want to see her underwear," a former Doll Club member tells The Pitch. "I had work to do. I didn't want to screw around."
By the time of Carter's panty drop, screwing around was common in the district attorney's office.
Carter, in her 50s and married with three children, wore her blond hair big, with teased bangs, and she charmed people with her Southern drawl. During the workday, she frequently pulled her employees into her office to talk about sex. Carter fancied herself a Southern belle, though her tongue was more Howard Stern than Blanche DuBois.
Carter was also in the midst of an extramarital affair with her boss. Carter's affair with Morrison began in September 2005 in an empty office on the sixth floor of the courthouse and lasted two years. Morrison was a tough, unforgiving prosecutor, a workaholic who locked up serial killers Richard Grissom and John Edward Robinson. And on November 7, 2006, Morrison defeated Phill Kline and became Kansas attorney general.
A year later, Carter told her new boss, District Attorney Phill Kline, about the affair with Morrison. She claimed that Morrison tried to blackmail her and wanted her to give him information on Kline's investigation of Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri. With Kline threatening a criminal investigation, Morrison resigned in disgrace.
The Pitch spoke with 21 of Carter's friends and colleagues, who detailed for the first time the story of Linda Carter, the woman obsessed with ruling the DA's Office. Morrison and Carter wouldn't go on the record for this story, but their former colleagues say Carter lusted for power and, when Morrison gave it to her, abused it. They say Morrison allowed Carter to divide and conquer his office by creating dissent among supervisors and support staff.
The former employees say Morrison's run for Kansas attorney general distracted him from the duties of his office. Morrison still carried a caseload, but he left the office under Carter's control. In his absence, she crushed the atmosphere of camaraderie and cooperation.
When Morrison was confronted with the problems, he dismissed them as cattiness. An abusive, threatening environment developed. Carter created a sexually charged workplace that would have gotten others in the office accused of sexual harassment or fired.
"All of these people worked their butts off for Paul Morrison," a former supervisor says, "and we got screwed."
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THE ONLY CLIENTS PAUL MORRISON NOW REPRESENTS ARE THUGS AND OLD FARTS THAT ARE WICKED AND SHOULD BE PUT ASLEEP (KANES). PAUL MORRISON HAS COME HOME TO ROOST WITH ALL THE LOW LIFES, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT PAUL HIMSELF IS.
Unfortunatly morrison has to leave the state to represent clients now, since his reputation as a respectable lawyer is all but shattered. but once the courts find out he is involved in a criminal investigation he wont be able to practice law anywhere. ONLY SICK OLD WICKED PEOPLE WOULD HAVE MORRISON REPRESENT THEM.
THE ONLY CLIENTS PAUL MORRISON NOW REPRESENTS ARE THUGS AND OLD FARTS THAT ARE WICKED AND SHOULD BE PUT ASLEEP (KANES). PAUL MORRISON HAS COME HOME TO ROOST WITH ALL THE LOW LIFES, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT PAUL HIMSELF IS.
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It is quite obvious to me that Morrison was paying for sex.....how else can you explain a HO like Linda Carter making $90K a year as a County Employee with little or no credentials...well, other than the obvious experience.....maybe next Halloween she will dress like Lady and the Tramp!!
It is quite obvious to me that Morrison was paying for sex.....how else can you explain a HO like Linda Carter making $90K a year as a County Employee with little or no credentials...well, other than the obvious experience.....maybe next Halloween she will dress like Lady and the Tramp!!
Nice story. It's intriguing to read about Linda Carter's big adventure. And it's very odd that a bunch of lawyers couldn't understand the problems she was creating.
Nice story. It's intriguing to read about Linda Carter's big adventure. And it's very odd that a bunch of lawyers couldn't understand the problems she was creating.
This is journalism? The true character of Paul Morrison was there for all to see before he switched parties and ran for AG. Visit www.fairtrialsinamerica.org
Where has The Pitch or any newspaper been for the past 20 years?
Tabloid sex scandals is apparent the best The Pitch can do.
Pure entertainment but hardly news.
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This is journalism? The true character of Paul Morrison was there for all to see before he switched parties and ran for AG. Visit www.fairtrialsinamerica.org Where has The Pitch or any newspaper been for the past 20 years? Tabloid sex scandals is apparent the best The Pitch can do. Pure entertainment but hardly news. The Bumble Bee www.fairtrialsinamerica.or
When I heard that Morrison got caught with an office affair I thought he hooked up with a hot 24 year old fresh out of college after a night to much booze. Well that happens, men are weak. When I saw Wonder Woman picture and read about her personality I pity Morrison for throwing away the Attorney General job (and maybe the governorship if Sebelius goes to Washington with a Barack administration). Question: How does a man get a tattoo with someone else initials and his wife doesn't find out? Who would have thought the Phil Klein n would look like the good guy in all of this.
When I heard that Morrison got caught with an office affair I thought he hooked up with a hot 24 year old fresh out of college after a night to much booze. Well that happens, men are weak. When I saw Wonder Woman picture and read about her personality I pity Morrison for throwing away the Attorney General job (and maybe the governorship if Sebelius goes to Washington with a Barack administration). Question: How does a man get a tattoo with someone else initials and his wife doesn't find out? Who would have thought the Phil Klein n would look like the good guy in all of this.
So no one working in the Johnson County D.A.'s office has the ethical or practical where-with-all to file a complaint??? Poor over paid Jo Co attorneys! Too bad they didn't because they would now be super heroes for doing the right thing; now they are just cowards seeking attention in print.
After all that the only one crazier than "wonder woman" is Morrison's wife! I guess money can buy love, can it buy DIGNITY???? or maybe some Self respect????
So no one working in the Johnson County D.A.'s office has the ethical or practical where-with-all to file a complaint??? Poor over paid Jo Co attorneys! Too bad they didn't because they would now be super heroes for doing the right thing; now they are just cowards seeking attention in print.
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