He was involved with a woman for a number of years, a long-term relationship, about eight years, ... And that relationship began to deteriorate, and then he began to see another woman. That woman became pregnant and that, of course, caused tremendous stress within the relationship with his original girlfriend.
They were reconciling and they had consensual sex.
He put his hand on my shoulder and he said to me, 'Be careful,' .
If you talk with him and spend time with him, you get the impression that he's very laid back, very easygoing, ... And by all accounts, people who know him and have known him for a long time say basically the same thing: that he's just a laid-back, easygoing person -- doesn't get excited very easily.
He's very analytical, very logical, ... He's also very big and athletic. He's an avid basketball player.
We actually sat together, the four of us, and talked a little bit about, generally speaking, the kind of threats that occur to officers of the court, in situations like this. And the odd thing about it was, Judge Barnes actually said that he thought that the people usually most in danger were the defense attorneys.
He wanted to remain with her, ... She did not want to be with him, she says, and that gave rise to her claim that he attacked her back in August.
By all accounts, he was a likeable guy.
When there were objections that could have gone one way or the other way, they usually went Brian's way.
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