COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — 10 Georgia sheriffs, including Muscogee County Sheriff Greg Countryman, are condemning an effort by the Georgia Sheriffs’ Association to recover attorney fees in a civil complaint brought by TV Judge Glenda Hatchett.

MCSO issued a statement on Friday addressing the matter.

Back in 2021, Hatchett sued the Georgia Sheriffs Association and former Bleckley County Sheriff Kris Coody after Coody groped Hatchett during a Georgia Sheriffs Association conference.

Eventually, Coody pleaded guilty to charges of sexual battery in 2022 and was sentenced to 12 months' probation and fined $500. He also resigned as Sheriff for Bleckley County.

Her case was filed in Cobb County, but then moved to Morgan County back in May of 2024 and eventually withdrew her complaint back in June

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