Opinion ID: 811910
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: A Staff Member Complains

Text: On November 20, 2009, Martha Thompson, a staff member at Valley View, informed Robin Darwin, the Assistant Administrator, that McElwee was acting inappropriately towards her and making her feel uncomfortable. Specifically, Thompson complained that on multiple occasions, McElwee had waited for her and followed her in the hallways, staring at her rear end. Thompson also told Darwin that she was aware of at least two other women at -4- Valley View who McElwee had bothered or made to feel uncomfortable. On November 24, 2009, Darwin and Amy Fey, the Director of Activities, met with McElwee to inform him that someone had complained about his behavior and to discuss the allegations with him. When Darwin asked McElwee if he knew who the complainant might be, McElwee replied that it might be a social worker named Lindsay because he look[s] at her and talk[s] to her. When Darwin told McElwee that it was not Lindsay, he guessed that it might be a particular nurse's aide, admitting, I talk to her too, and look at her. McElwee then said that God was trying to punish him because of his history, and he explained that when he was in high school he made a mean phone call to a girl, saying nasty/dirty things. McElwee further stated, there needs to be punishment and now, and made a gesture simulating slitting his throat. When Darwin asked him what he meant, McElwee replied that he deserve[d] to be punished when [he does] bad things. McElwee then made an angry face and said, just when I think someone is going to pat me on the back someone stabs me, simultaneously making -5- a gesture as if he were holding a knife and repeatedly stabbing himself in the back. When Darwin informed McElwee that it was Thompson who had complained about him, he said: Oh, I should have known. I had a feeling she was going to turn me in.