Part II:

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H. Morris' Sexual Appetite

Maureene was literally forced to file suit for divorce in March, 1979,

because of Morris' obstinate refusal to give up his mistress who he was

then supporting and who had become pregnant by him. However, Maureene

did not give up her marriage easily. Prior to Morris' permanent

involvement with the McGaha woman, Maureene had endured a long series

of degrading incidents which evidenced Morris' voracious and eclectic

sexual appetite. Since early in their marriage, Morris repeatedly bragged

to Maureene that with his looks and his money he could have any woman

he wanted, and he constantly bragged about women propositioning him

(R. 350, et seq). [Some insight into the size of Morris' ego is provided

by his letter of January 22, 1979, to "Ham" Jordan (a copy of which he

sent to Vicki) in which he makes application to be appointed Attorney

General of the United States to replace Griffin Bell, giving as one of his

principal qualifications the fact that "... all my life, I have been a

winner."] (Pl. Ex. 91). Later in the marriage he repeatedly told her of

women that he had had sexual intercourse with during the marriage (R. 354).

He said further that he enjoyed trying to turn on gay people and he

expressed a desire to have an experience with a gay (R. 354).

Early in the larriage, Morris gave her a book on "Open Marriage" and

started encouraging her to have sexual intercourse with other men

(R. 419-420). During the year or so after they were married, Maureene

became aware that her husband was having an affair with a woman name

Becky Logan (R. 458). During the same period, she began receiving

anonymous telephone calls concerning her husband and a black woman

in town (R. 459).

A. Dianne Hicks. In his deposition, Morris admits that in

the spring of 1973 (Morris depo. p. 27), or during the summer of

1973 (Morris depo. p. 25), he had an affair with Dianne Hicks, a

Mobile lawyer who was working for the Southern Poverty Law Center

(Morris depo. p. 25). He had sex with her during a canoe trip down

the Tallapoosa River (Morris depo. p.25), and also in Brewton where

they were working together on a trial (Morris depo. p. 26-27).

B. Cathy Bennett. in the fall of 1974, Morris brought to

the family home in Mathews a girl named Cathy Bennett who was a

psychologist who had worked with Morris on several cases (R. 284).

She stayed in their home in Mathews for about a week, during which

time theu had Bobby Kennedy there as a guest (R. 285). Maureene was

suspicious of her husband's relationship with this girl (R. 286),

and later Morris admitted having an affair with her (R. 1325).

Morris told Mrs. Dees that his affair with her was over in December,

1974, But she later found that he and Cathy continued to conduct an

affair in Atlanta where Morris lived for a period during the Jimmy

Carter campaign (R. 287, 291).

C. Judith Rogers. in the fall of 1977 (R. 1344), Morris

and Maureene held a Little Theatre party at their home, attended by

Dr. Rogers, a Montgomery physician, and his wife Judith, who is a

criminal psychologist (R. 292, 1344, 1345). During the party Morris

admits that he took Judith into a back room of his house, while the

party was going on, and had intercourse with her (R. 1344, 293).

D. Deborah Levy. In the spring of 1976, Morris invited to

the house Deborah Levy who worked for the American Civil Liberties

Union in New York, and the man with whome she lived in New York,

Michael Gaas (R. 299, 303). The Southern Poverty Law Center was

considering starting a magazine in opposition to the death penalty,

and Morris was interviewing Deborah Levy for the job of running the

magazine (R. 301). She was not hired for the job, but she and her

boyfriend did visit the Dees home in Mathews for several days on two

different occasions (R. 301). in August, 1976, Morris and Maureene

took them on a canoe trip down the river (R. 202-203). After

supper, they had all gone to bed in sleeping bags, when Maureene

woke up and found Morris and Deborah naked, having sex on the

sandbar (R. 306). Morris turned to Maureene and insisted that she

have sex with the other man. (R. 306). Later Maureene went back to

sleep and woke up shortly before dawn, and found Morris and Deborah

having intercourse again right next to her (R. 307). While having

intercourse with Deborah, Morris leaned over and kissed Maureene (R.

308). The next morning Maureene objected strongly to the night's

events and stated emphatically that she did not want anything of

that nature to happen again (R. 309). The following month, in

September, 1976, she and Morris went to New York for a tennis

tournament and to take one of the children to a special school in

Boston (R. 310). Over Maureene's objections, Morris insisted upon

visiting Deborah Levy and Michael Gaas (R. 310). While the group

was having dinner together in a restaurant Maureene, returning from

the restroom, overheard Morris and Deborah making plans to be together

the following afternoon (R. 315). Later when confronted with this

Morris admitted having such plans (R. 320). Later in a conversation

among the four of them, Morris stopped the conversation in the

middle and said to Michael Gaas "I've just got to tell you this

because I feel bad about it. I want to tell you that Deborah and I

were planning to go off this afternoon and make love and I just want

to tell you that." (R. 322). This embarassed Maureene and made her

furious (R. 324). Gaas responded that if that's what Morris was here

to do he should just get up and go do it, following which Morris and

Deborah got up and went into the bedroom where they remained for

about forty-five minutes (R. 325, et seq). While they were gone

Maureene had sexual intercourse with Michael (R. 326). Afterward

Morris left the apartment, returned in about thirty minutes and hit

Michael in the face (R. 327).

E. Pamela Horowitz. In the spring of 1977 Morris planned a

trip to Kentucky and invited Maureene to go with him, knowing that

she could not go becuase she was in rehearsal for a play (R. 330).

Over Maureene's objection, he took with him, on his motorcycle

Pamela Horowitz, a lawyer working for the Southern Poverty Law

Center at that time (R. 331). He drove the motorcycle and she rode

behind him from Montgomery to Kentucky, and they were gone for four

or five days, during which they shared the same hotel accomodations

(R. 331-332) F. Charlie Springman (homosexual). On August 11, 1978,

Maureene and Morris' tenth anniversary, they were having dinner at

the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C., and afterward had drinks in

the bar (R. 333, et seq). In the bar, they saw Charlie Springman,

who Maureene knew as a Regional Coordinator for the National

Endownment of the Arts (R. 335). She had told Morris that Springman

was gay, but Morris had never met him. When they saw him in the

bar, Morris suggested inviting him over for a drink (R. 335). After

a while, to Maureene's surprise, Morris suggested that Charlie come

up to the room with them (R. 336). In the room, they drank wine and

talked, and Morris unbuttoned his shirt to the waist (R. 336).

Charlie tried to leave several times but Morris wouldn't let him (R.

337). Finally Morris proposed that Charlie spend the night with

them (R. 337). Mrs. Dees protested, and put on her robe and

nightgown to go to bed (R. 337-338). Soon Charlie and Morris were

in the bed naked, with Maureene in the middle with her gown on (R.

338-339). Springman and Morris hugged and kissed, and Morris tried

to get Charlie to have relations with Maureene, but Springman was

physically unable to because he was not interested (R. 340). In

fact, no one made any effort to have sex with Mrs. Dees during this

incident (R. 341). Springman kissed Morris' penis, and in fact,

Morris complained that he bit him and that it hurt (R. 340). Morris

kissed Springman on Springman's penis (R. 341). After about thirty

minutes they all went to sleep (R. 342). When Maureene woke up the

next morning, Morris was gone (R. 342), but Springman was still

asleep in the bed. After five or ten minutes Morris returned and

found Maureene crying. He apologized for the incident and said that

he would not let anything like that happen again (R. 343). Morris

denies parts of this episode, he admits its essential features:

Morris admits that he invited Springman to the room (R. 1571); that

Maureene put on a nightgown and robe and got into bed (R. 1537);

that Morris got into bed with nothing but his underclothes on (R.

1575); and that Springman got into the bed naked (R. 1590).

G. Morris' Step-Daughter. Holly Buck, Maureene's daughter

by a previous marriage, is eighteen years old (R. 728). She was

seven years old when her mother and Morris married, and she has

lived with them in the house at Mathews from then until the

separation (R. 728). Holly testified that, in the summer of 1977,

Morris attempted to molest her in the following incident (R. 729):

One night Maureene and Morris were sitting drinking wine and

discussing a case Morris was trying. She was with them. Around

eleven or twelve o'clock Maureene went to bed and Holly stayed up

with Morris discussing the case. Morris kept offering Holly wine,

some of which she accepted. At Morris' suggestion, they went

outside to the pool, and he suggested that they go for a swim, but

Holly was tired and declined (R. 731). She went to her room and

then went into the bathroom. Looking out the window, she saw Morris

in the bushes beside the bathroom window looking in (R. 731). She

said "Morris, is that you", but he said nothing and ran away (R.

732). Two months later, she was asleep one night and Morris entered

her room from Ellie's room, through the bathroom. He was in his

underwear and he sat on the bed where Holly was lying on her stomach

facing away from the door. He touched her on the back and woke her

up. He told her that he had brough her a present, and he presented

her with a vibrator. He plugged it in and said he had brought it to

her. He proceeded to rub it on her back and said, "Let me show you

how to use it" (R. 733). She said that's not necessary, but he

started to place it between her legs when she raised he voice and

said no loudly. He then took the vibrator and left (R. 734). All

he had on was a pair of bikini underwear shorts (R. 734). About two

hours later, she had fallen back asleep and he came back in (R.

735). He brought the vibrator with him, plugged it in and said

again, "Let me show you how to use it." He tried to show her again

by putting it between her legs, but she raised her voice again and

he stopped. He took it and left (R. 635). She did not tell her

mother about this incident until the separation when they moved out

of the Mathews house in the spring of 1979 (R. 736).

H. Morris' Future Daughter-in-law. Karen Sherman Dees is

Morris' daughter-in-law, who is married to Morris' son Scooter

(Morris, III) (R. 345). Before Karen and Scooter were married, when

they were eighteen or nineteen, which was three or four years ago,

an incident occurred on Mother's Day at the family home in Mathews

(R. 345). The Dees had Karen and Scooter to dinner at the house,

and they cooked out (R. 346). While Scooter and Maureene were

cleaning up and washing dishes, Karen and Morris went out to go

swimming (R. 345). Five or ten minutes later, Maureene and Scooter

started down the path toward the pool, with Maureene in front. As

she approached the gate, she could see Morris and Karen standing

with their arms around each other with no clothes on, and Morris had

an erection. Maureene immediately turned and told Scooter that she

did not want to go swimming and the two of them headed back to the

house without Scooter having seen anything (R. 347). Later, Karen

and Morris returned from the pool, fully dressed, and the group

stayed in the den for a little while (R. 349). Morris got up and

went to bed, and Maureene joined him a few minutes later. While

lying in the bed, Maureene looked up and saw that Karen had entered

the room (R. 349). She didn't have any clothes on but had a towel

or sheet wrapped around her (R. 350). She came over and got in the

bed on Morris' side (R. 350). Nothing happened, but she remained

there for about ten minutes, and eventually got up and left

(R.350-351). Morris told Maureene that he just couldn't understand

why she came in the room (R. 351).

In 1974 and 1976, after Maureene had become aware of some of

Morris' infidelities, she had two brief sexual liasons; one with

Charles Morgan, with whom she was co-starring in a Little Theatre

production, and the other with Steve Denton, who was visiting in

Montgomery for a tennis tournament.