Excerpt of Linda Wall 2006 deposition

Excerpt from a deposition taken under oath from Linda Wall on April 28, 2006, as part of a defamation lawsuit Paul Jost filed against Wall and state Sen. Thomas K. Norment. Questions were from Howard S. Hogan, an attorney representing Jost and another plaintiff, Jack Borgenicht. Answers are from Wall.

Q: Have you ever been asked, formally or informally, to leave any other positions, that we haven't discussed already?

A: Let's see. Yeah, there was a teaching job, one time, in Prince George County. That they asked me if I would not come back.

Q: What was the specific job?

A: There was a parent that was — what was the job?

Q: Yes.

A: I was teaching.

Q: For whom?

A: PE. Um, Prince George Junior High, I think was the name of the school.

Q: And you were a PE teacher for Prince George?

A: Yeah.

Q: And roughly what time period was this?

A: Early '70s. Sometime in the '70s.

Q: Why were you asked to leave?

A: A parent was upset with me, and they just felt like I should move on.

Q: And why were they upset with you?

A: They asked whether there was some misbehavior with their daughter.

Q: What was the specific misbehavior alleged?

A: Uh, they alleged that I had an affair with their daughter.

Q: And how did you find out about this allegation?

A: They called me in.

Q: Who called you in?

A: The superintendent.

Q: The superintendent called you in?

A: Yeah.

Q: And what did the superintendent say?

A: He either wanted to try to go to court to prove it, or for me to leave. And at the time, my mother was ill, and there was emotional things going on in my life, and I didn't want to deal with it, because I was — I wanted out of teaching anyway.

Q: So you resigned or were you fired?

A: (Indicating yes.) Resigned.

Q: Was the allegation true or not?

A: Uh, it was an allegation, and there was no effort made to try to prove it.

Q: Did you have an affair with the student or not?

A: Yes.

Q: And, please, define affair.

A: Lord have mercy. Is this about me or this lawsuit?

Q: I just want to know why you were fired ...

A: I wasn't fired.

Q: ... or asked to resign from this job?

A: They thought I was having an affair with their daughter.

Q: Just to be clear, we're talking about sexual relations with a minor?

A: Yes.

Q: Thank you.