Woman sues Kansas attorney general

The wife of a former McCook City Manager has filed sexual harassment charges against the Kansas attorney general and claims the two had an affair.

Linda Carter, a long-time employee of the Kansas district attorney's office, filed a sexual harassment complaint against Kansas Attorney General Paul Morrison, She alleged they had a two-year affair, with trysts at various courthouses and during business trips and that Morrison attempted to use her to interfere with cases in the district attorney's office.

Carter is the wife of John Carter, McCook's city manager from the late 1980s to the mid 1990s.

In a statement Tuesday, Morrison apologized for the relationship with Carter but denied that he sexually harassed her or tried to influence a federal cases involving the district attorney, Phil Kline.

Kline became district attorney in January after losing the attorney general's office to Morrison. Morrison had been the district attorney for 18 years before Kline took over.

Carter has made no public remarks since news of the scandal hit, according to the Kansas City Star. Carter, who started working part time in the district attorney's office in 1996, held the top nonlegal administrative position there, earning an annual salary of $83,732, according to county records,

Several have called for Morrison's resignation, which he has steadfastly refused to consider. Instead, he asked on Tuesday for an independent investigation of professional misconduct surrounding the scandal.

"The allegations that I attempted to influence ongoing cases or improperly gain information are absolutely false," Morrison said in the Kansas City Star.

"I will cooperate completely and openly with the disciplinary administrator to resolve this matter once and for all."