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Fani Willis was accused of having a sexual tryst in her private law office with former lover Nathan Wade when she ran a private practice between 2018 and 2019.

The juicy accusation was launched in a Georgia court on Tuesday when defense attorneys questioned Wade’s former law partner and divorce attorney, Terrence Bradley.

Bradley was ordered Monday to testify about Willis and Wade, who stand accused of being in an intimate relationship before Willis tapped her lawyer and former mentor to become special prosecutor in former President Donald Trump’s Georgia election interference case in November 2021. 

“He told you they had sex at [her] office, correct?” Ashleigh Merchant — a lawyer for Trump co-defendant Michael Roman — asked Bradley of Wade’s comments.

“I don’t recall him saying that, no,” he replied.


  Nathan Wade’s former divorce attorney was ordered to testify Monday about Willis and Wade’s relationship. Brynn Anderson/Pool via USA TODAY NETWORK Nathan Wade’s former divorce attorney was ordered to testify Monday about Willis and Wade’s relationship. Brynn Anderson/Pool via USA TODAY NETWORK

Bradley didn’t recall many details about his knowledge — or lack thereof — about Wade and Willis’ relationship in a near incredulous display of forgetfulness as he was grilled by three lawyers for the defendants.

Bradleyhad previously been billed as the star witness at the hearings. However, when pressed by Merchant about when he found out about Willis and Wade’s relationship, Bradley repeatedly said he could not remember the date. 

“I do not have knowledge of when it started,” Bradley said.

He also claimed he only discussed the relationship once with Wade in their law office, but does not recall exactly when that happened.  


  Fulton County special prosecutor Nathan Wade was responsible for bringing the Georgia 2020 election interference case against former President Donald Trump. AP Fulton County special prosecutor Nathan Wade was responsible for bringing the Georgia 2020 election interference case against former President Donald Trump. AP

However, texts exchanged between Bradley and Merchant appear to show otherwise.

“It started when she left the DA’s office and was a judge in South Fulton. They met at the municipal court CLE conference,” Bradley reportedly texted Merchant.

He testified Tuesday that he “speculated on some things” in the text exchange and did not have direct knowledge of what actually went down.

His response puzzled the defense lawyers.

“Why in the heck would you ‘speculate’?” Donald Trump’s lawyer Steve Sadow shot back.

“I have no answer for that,” Bradley testified.

Willis and Wade have told the court their relationship first became romantic in 2022 and have stuck by that story through their testimony, but lawyers for Trump and Roman have insisted they can prove otherwise.


  District Attorney Fani Willis is accused of benefiting financially when she tapped Wade in the Trump RICO trial because of their alleged romantic relationship. ALYSSA POINTER/POOL/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock District Attorney Fani Willis is accused of benefiting financially when she tapped Wade in the Trump RICO trial because of their alleged romantic relationship. ALYSSA POINTER/POOL/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

Bradley had previously refused to testify in court, citing attorney-client privilege between him and Wade.

Judge Scott McAfee ruled Monday Bradley and Wade were not covered under such a privilege after a private meeting with him, and recalled the attorney to the stand.

Bradley has previously conceded he stepped down from the law firm where he worked together with Wade following sexual assault allegations from a staffer.

What to know about District Attorney Fani Willis' trial

  • Fulton County, Ga., District Attorney Fani Willis is being accused of misusing state and federal funds, and also engaging in an “improper” relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade.
  • Willis admitted to having a “personal relationship” with Wade, but said it didn’t become romantic until after 2022 due to the case against former President Donald Trump.
  • Willis hired Wade to work on the Trump case and paid him $654,000 in 2022, according to Trump co-defendant Michael Roman.
  • Trump and his co-defendants are looking to disqualify Willis from the case and to have all charges, centered around the state’s expansive anti-racketeering RICO law, dismissed.
  • The defense has presented dozens of pings from Wade’s cellphone that placed it at Willis’ rented condo prior to 2022. A former friend of Willis, who owned the condo, has testified that she saw the two of them “hugging” and “kissing” in 2019.
  • On March 15, a judge ruled Willis can stay on and prosecute the Georgia election interference case against Trump and his co-defendants for allegedly trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election — if Wade steps aside.

Trump and his co-defendants are looking to disqualify Willis from the case and to have all charges, centered around the state’s expansive racketeering RICO law, dismissed.

The defendants have argued Willis and Wade compromised the integrity of the case as the district attorney financially benefitted from Wade’s appointment.

Merchant has pointed to records which show Wade spending money on luxury travel for himself and Willis, bought with money earned from Fulton County’s coffers.


  Bradley previously refused to testify, citing attorney-client privilege between him and Nathan Wade. NBC Bradley previously refused to testify, citing attorney-client privilege between him and Nathan Wade. NBC

So far, the defense has also presented dozens of pings from Wade’s cellphone that place it at Willis’ rented condo in the early hours of the morning prior to 2022. A former friend of the district attorney, who owned the condo, has also testified she saw the two “hugging” and “kissing” in 2019.

Fulton County DA Ana Cross, however, suggested the ex-pal, Robin Yeartie, may have had an ax to grind after she resigned from her position as Willis’ media rep in 2021, with Yeartie herself testifying that she would have been fired if she hadn’t stepped down.

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