Time to make a big bowl of popcorn
From
The Washingtonian:
Trial Date Set, Bob Woodward Subpoenaed in Sidwell Friends Sex Counselor Case
The exceedingly messy lawsuit between Arthur �Terry� Newmyer and Sidwell Friends School is headed for trial�and the circle of high-profile Washingtonians wrapped up in the case is expanding. At a hearing last week, DC Superior Court judge Michael Rankin set a trial date of November 18, 2013.
Newmyer first filed suit against Sidwell and its former psychologist in May 2011. He claims the psychologist had an affair with his wife while treating his daughter, then five, and that Sidwell took �flagrant and outrageous actions� that allowed the �open sexual relationship.�
For Sidwell�an elite private school in DC with an annual tuition of around $34,000�the lawsuit is an embarrassing airing of dirty laundry, something it normally goes to great lengths to avoid. The school�s parents, students, and alumni include many members of Washington�s most prominent families. President Obama�s two daughters attend Sidwell, as do Vice President Biden�s grandchildren; Chelsea Clinton and Al Gore III both attended the school, as did the children of cabinet secretaries, journalists, business leaders, senators, and congressmen, among others.
Newmyer�s lawsuit always had the potential to rope in some of the high-profile families who knew of the affair or whose children had been in the care of the accused psychologist, James Huntington, who also taught sex education to sixth-grade students during the year one of the Obama daughters was in that grade. That potential turned into a subpoena for Elsa Walsh, wife of journalist Bob Woodward.
Last April, Newmyer subpoenaed all of Walsh�s communications involving Huntington and Sidwell�especially those related to Huntington�s handling of a bullying incident. Walsh and Woodward have resisted the subpoena.
At a hearing last month, Newmyer�s lawyer, Kerry Scanlon, argued that the Woodward/Walsh e-mails would show that Sidwell administrators knew Huntington was conducting himself unprofessionally.
Judge Rankin has ruled that Woodward and Walsh have to turn over some of their e-mails.
Much more at the article -- discovery can be a bitch...
Posted by DaveH at April 9, 2013 5:28 PM