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BRISTOW, OK-When trial resumes Monday in the case of former District Court Judge Donald Thompson on four felony counts of indecent exposure from the bench, the judge's former court reporter is expected to testify that she saw the judge's penis "12 to 15" times during trials.
Court reporter Lisa Foster is one of the two remaining prosecution witnesses. Thompson had fired Foster in 2004 after she testified before a state judicial commission about the judge's alleged use of the penis pump in the courtroom.
Last week, Theresa "Terri" Clee, a court reporter who had recorded proceedings of one of Thompson's trial in September, 2003, testified that she had seen Thompson use hand lotion and fondle himself during the trial.
Thompson, 59, who had been a judge for 20 years until he retired amidst the allegations in 2004, is on trial for allegedly using a penis pump while adjudicating four trials in 2002 and 2003.
He has denied the charges and while admitting that the penis pump was his, said it was a gag gift for his 50th birthday and had never been used. His attorney admitted that Thompson had purchased another penis pump after a doctor who was treating him for erectile dysfunction and other medical problems had recommended it.
A urologist has testified, confirming that Thompson was treated for erectile dysfunction but said Thompson had no other medical problems.
Brewster claims that Thompson wasn't guilty of masturbating on the bench as charged and said that the local police were out to get his client because the judge had made rulings unfavorable to the police.
A state forensic expert from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation testified Friday that tests of stains found on a judicial robe, a chair and carpet under Thompson's desk in the Creek County Court chamber were genetically matched to Thompson and could belong to no one else.
A positive DNA match for seminal fluid was found on the items that proved conclusively it was from Thompson, J.D. Linstrom testified. Lindstrom testified that material found on the penis pump which has been introduced into evidence couldn't be positively ID'd as from Thompson but said that the odds of it being matched with another person were one in 6,800.
He testified that he had found no evidence of seminal fluids on the courtroom furniture or carpet where two court reporters have testified he exposed himself to them in 2003.
Thompson's urologist, Dr. S. Edward Dakil, testified Friday that Thompson was treated for erectile dysfunction but said Thompson had no other medical problems and testified he had treated Thompson since 1988 and identified the penis pump in evidence as a vacuum device designed to mechanically aid in maintaining an erection. He testified that Thompson had had a vasectomy in 1988 and was incapable of producing sperm.
In opening testimony, the seven man, five women jury saw pictures of the penis pump, taken by a police caption during a 2003 trial. The police officer testified Tuesday that he had been on the stand during the 2003 trial when he heard an "air pressure" noise. He told the jury that he had seen Thompson sitting with his elbows on his knees and that there was a tube running up his robe, between his knees but that he had never seen Thompson expose himself. Two other police officers also testified that they had heard the whooshing noise come from the direction of the judge during the August 2003 murder trial.
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Thompson could face up to 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine on each felony count and would have to register as a sex offender. He is collecting his $88,000 annual pension but if convicted, the pension would be revoked. 6-25-06
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