ATLANTA (AP) - The leader of a conservative legal foundation seeking to have President Clinton disbarred was charged with public indecency.
An undercover federal officer said he saw Matthew J. Glavin fondling himself on May 17 on a trail in the Chattahoochee National River Park in Gwinnett County, just east of Atlanta. The officer said Glavin also fondled him after the two started talking.
Glavin, 47, resigned Wednesday as president and chief executive of the Atlanta-based Southeastern Legal Foundation.
Atlanta television station WAGA reported it was the second time that Glavin had been charged by rangers. Glavin pleaded no contest in 1996 to an indecency charge was sentenced him to six months' probation and fined $1,000.
Glavin refused to confirm the television report and has denied the charges against him. He said he resigned "to protect my family and the foundation."
He was in U.S. District Court in connection with the case on Tuesday but did not enter a plea because his hearing was rescheduled.
The foundation, which Glavin had led since 1994, has fought to abolish Atlanta's affirmative action program and sued to have Clinton disbarred for lying under oath in the Paula Jones sexual harassment case. - On the Net: Southeastern Legal Foundation:(Click for sex photos)
