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Interview wittWednesday, November 1,2006

Are you aware of the complaint thaGray? Yes.

[has filed against Mr. Ron

She says she has been telling you about some of her complaints against him as theyoccurred. Is this true? Yes.

What do you know about this situation? (Note: The following statements are listed, notnecessarily in (he order told, but are laid out in a chronological sequence asMs. Danielattempted to reconstruct the events in her memory.) On the 19th of Octobcr^j^ftf^ '*went in to talk to Ron Gray about Sherry Stephens. She told me afterward that Mr. Graywas joking around, not taking her seriously. She told me that he saidsor^ething reallyinappropriate. She said he told her he wanted to eat ̂ P^^ry^UfK5?6^5 ** out> tooembarrassed to say it) and she was just in disbetief.flj(jj|||j(gleff at about noon that dayand went home. I went in to the cashier's cage that dsy^jjffjjj^was not there, ',thought she was coming back so I left the light on. The next day I came in.was not there. I heard that the custodian had gone into the cashier's cage the night before,the door was unlocked, and the lights were on. Sherry Stephens said something about abig bag of money being turned in by Mr. Heikel the day before. Sherry, Mr. Gray, and Iwent to the cashier's cage. We found the bag of money from Mr. Heikel £gdwe took allthe money to the vault and Mr. Gray put it in there. On Monday the 23dJpHpWpKameback to work, and she came and told me, 'There's no money in my office." I told her wehad put it all in the vault Then on Tuesday the 24th, she came to me and said that Mr.Gray came to the Cashier's office and he kissed her on the forehead. If that were anisolated incident, it would have been okay, but it's not. On a different day, Ithink ijjthe 23d or 24* of October, she told me that one day she was talkingprior to going in to see Mr. Gray. Then she went in to see him, and he got on his kneesand he was lapping Eke a dog in front of her.

Prior to all of this, on Thursday or Friday •probably aoo^rMj^f29 September, but in the database,faljjfjjfttjlast,October, and^jBJjjjtransfer to the Principal's position was 18 October.)^came into the office and we were all talking about Mr. Gmy.^jjjfijjjgi&as talking aboutprotecting Mr. Gray and not letting him do something that would get him into trouble.

^••pNilpf said something about when Mr. Gray says something inappropriate to her,she'll make a smart remark like, "Oh, Mr. Gray I don't want to give you a heart attack."There was another time, (the time he said he wanted to eat her pussy) that she told me shesaid, "I don't want to give you a cavity."

experience comparable remarks from Mr. Gray? Yes. She told me one1 to her, "Girl you know you could sell a pair of blue jeans." I think

v'as conflicted. She respected him and feUliewasa good man but hiscomments were unwelcome, and she said one tim^tjjtfBpiwas goinginj oseeMr.Gray about getting another position in the front office. Before going rn/JflHttpaid to

his wasA?

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£tawatcb this" and pulled her top down lower, then went in. m^jiifm&aid she"could hear the sound of clothes rustling. Slje said she told both of them that this sort ofthing was inappropria^Mr^Gray said-tog^jj^ '̂ Why? You don't want it," He wouldask her sometimes3- |̂jj|j|jjfiteve you changed your mind yet? And she would say,''No, Mr. Gray, I love my husband."

pnallyTNo, I never heard Mr. GrayAnd Mr. Gray has

So, you never experienced any of thesemake the comments. They were told to me bynever done anything to me.

: it was a mutual thing between Mr. Gray and^jjfji^l believeid'say those comments about "cavity" and "heart attack^ I think

' the situation to her advantage.

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