Ex-Burleson County judge sued for allegedly raping former clerk

An ex-clerk in Central Texas last week sued a former county judge, accusing him of repeatedly raping her in his Burleson County office and at his Caldwell cafe, the Funky Junky.
Identified only as Jane Doe in the 12-page legal filing, the unnamed accuser was working at the Burleson County Attorney’s Office in late 2017 when she says then-County Judge Mike Sutherland lured her to his eatery and sexually assaulted her, the first act in a pattern of violence that she alleges continued for two