COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Ten Georgia sheriffs, including Muscogee County Sheriff Greg Countryman, are speaking out against an effort by the Georgia Sheriffs’ Association to collect attorney fees from TV Judge Glenda Hatchett.

Hatchett sued the Georgia Sheriffs Association and former Bleckley County Sheriff Kris Coody in 2021, after former Sheriff Coody groped Hatchett during a Georgia Sheriffs Association conference. Coody pleaded guilty to a sexual battery charge in 2022 and was sentenced to 12 months’ probation, a fine of $500, and he resigned as sheriff.

Hatchett’s case was initially filed in Cobb County but was moved to Morgan County in May 2024. After which she withdrew her complaint in June. On July 11, Morgan County Judge Terry Massey issued an order awarding attorney fees to the de

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