THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, April 15, 1995 TAG: 9504150279
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B2 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
DATELINE: RICHMOND LENGTH: Short : 30 lines
Authorities are investigating allegations that a substitute Richmond judge sexually assaulted a woman and that his law partner, prominent local attorney Murray J. Janus, attempted to buy the woman's silence.
James C. Roberts, an attorney for Janus, said Janus was merely trying to ward off a possible civil suit and did nothing wrong. Robert G. Cabell Jr., an attorney for the substitute judge, James A. Baber III, had no comment on the allegation.
Capt. Darrel Stilwell, an assistant director of the State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation, confirmed that state police have launched an investigation, but referred inquiries to Virginia Beach Commonwealth's Attorney Robert L. Humphreys, special prosecutor in the case.
Sources familiar with the allegations told the Richmond Times-Dispatch that the woman went to Baber's office for legal advice on a domestic matter about six weeks ago. She told authorities she was assaulted after telling Baber that she had no money to pay him. by CNB