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AFFIDAVIT OF GAIL BARR
I Gail Barr, declare:
1. I am the former wife of Robert Barr,
congressman from Georgia. 1 know all of the
following facts of my own knowledge and, if
called and sworn as a witness, could, and
would, competently testify thereto. I give this
affidavit freely and voluntarily, of my own
will, without any duress.
2. I first met Robert Barr (hereinafter, "Bob")
at a dinner party in Falls church, Virginia, in
March of 1976. We both worked for the Central
Intelligence Agency at the time. He was
separated from his first wife at the time. Bob
and I began dating soon after we met. In
October 1976, we were married.
3. Bob was attending Georgetown Law School when
we met, and graduated in June of 1977. About a
year after his graduation, he wanted to leave
the Central Intelligence Agency and move to
Georgia to practice law. I took a cut in pay to
move to Georgia to take a position in a local
federal agency.
4. Bob, who was born in Iowa, had attended the
University of Southern California as an
undergraduate, and his roommate there was there
from Georgia. Bob had visited Georgia with his
roommate. Bob had been involved with the Young
Democrats while he was an undergraduate. Bob
told me that his parents would not pay for his
college education if he continued his
involvement with the Young Democrats.
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5. When Bob and I married, we both wanted
children. We planned to have three children.
6. After we moved to Atlanta, Bob became active
in politics. He was president of our
homeowners' association. He became chairman of
the Cobb County Republican Party. He began
attending more and more political functions.
7. Bob thoroughly enjoyed politics, and he was
very ambitious and his ambitions were his first
priority. He told me that he wanted to be
President of the United States, and retire as a
U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
8. In March of 1963, 1 became pregnant for the
third time. When I became pregnant the third
time, our two sons were three years old and a
year- and-a-half. I was 38 years old, concerned
with health complications the pregnancy might
present, and Bob's practice was slow, and he
was not home much. We did not have any health
insurance. I asked Bob what we should do;
whether I should have an abortion. He said it
was entirely my decision and that I should do
whatever I wanted to do. This was an extremely
difficult choice, but Bob did not want to help
in making the decision, even though he was the
father. If Bob had said, "No, don't have an
abortion," I never would have had it done.
9. Bob never told me not to have the abortion,
or that he was in any way against my having the
abortion. Any statement he made that he
expressed his opposition to the abortion is
simply not true.
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true.
10. On the Saturday of the Memorial Day weekend
in 1983, Bob drove me to the clinic to have an
abortion. He watched our boys at home while the
procedure was done. He then came to the clinic
to to get me. He paid for the procedure.
11. Through 1983 and into 1984, Bob became more
involved with politics. He spent more time away
from home. His law practice still was not doing
well. In May 1984, I had an operation for
breast cancer. I was undergoing chemotherapy
throughout the summer of 1984. Our boys were
four and two-and-a-half.
12. In 1964, Bob was running for a state
representative seat in Georgia against an
incumbent. I asked him to stop campaigning
after my cancer surgery and while going through
chemotherapy, but he refused. He told me that
the campaign would take my mind of my health
problems. He never went to the chemotherapy
treatments with me. He never tried to
understand what I was going through. He was not
there for me when I needed him.
13. Instead, I helped Bob with his campaign.
Our sons and I would stuff mailboxes, take part
in parades, and otherwise try to help with his
campaign. Bob lost that election.
14. Because of the cancer, I was not able to
have any more children. Bob and I were opposed
to adoption, so our plans to have three
children never happened.
15. On a Saturday night
about two weeks before
Thanksgiving
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of 1985, Bob announced to me in our garage, I
don't love you anymore," and
that he was moving out. Our boys were
five-and-a-half and four. I asked him to stay
at least through Thanksgiving, but he refused
and left immediately.
16. In July, 1985, Bob had
joined Cobb Leadership, a
group of
civic leaders from Cobb County, Georgia. Jeri,
his current wife, also was a member of Cobb
Leadership.
17. A few months after Bob left the home, he
moved into an apartment building where Jeri
resided. Our children would visit him there.
They would come home and tell me about "Dad's
water bed" and how they were spending time with
"Jeri." While Bob and I were separated and
before our divorce, Bob and our boys also would
spend the night at Jeri's.
18. Bob, our sons, and Jeri would go swimming
together and go to church together during the
time Bob and I were separated. Bob took Jeri to
political and social functions.
19. After Bob left us, he attempted to draw up
the divorce papers by himself. He wanted me to
immediately sell the house and to split the
proceeds. In April of 1986, I hired an attorney
to protect my interests and the interest of our
sons.
20. In May and June of 1986, Bob and Jeri,
Bob's current wife, were deposed. Both refused
under oath to answer questions about their
relationship either as it existed prior to time
Bob left us or during the time Bob and I were
separated. Specifically, each refused to answer
whether they were having an affair during my
marriage to Bob.
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21. Looking back, it is evident to me that Bob
was having an affair with Jeri before Bob and I
were divorced. During the summer of 1985, we
would receive telephone calls at home, but when
answered, the person would hang up. Bob was
coming home later and later in the evening.
Sometimes, he would not get home until the
early hours of the morning.
22.
1.Changes took place in Bob.
He had always worn glasses,
but he switched to contact
lenses. He started wearing
custom suits. He took a
renewed interest in his
appearance.
23. In September of 1985, I was helping out as
a secretary in Bob' s law office. He had me
call to make luncheon arrangements with the
woman he later married. Obviously, at the time,
I did not realize Bob was having a romantic
relationship with this woman. Friends would
tell me that they saw Bob and Jeri holding
hands at the mall or in restaurants. Also in
October of 1985, the Cobb Leadership had a
weekend conference in the Georgia mountains.
Both Bob and Jeri attended.
24. In October of 1985, Bob helped Jeri with a
speeding ticket. One night soon after that, Bob
brought home a Halloween card. When I asked who
it was from, he said "nobody." At the time I
thought nothing more of it. It was my opinion
that it was from Jeri.
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25. Our divorce was finalized on November 1986.
A month before, in October of 1986, Bob was
named United States Attorney. Bob married Jeri
in December of 1986. I was given custody of our
children. I have not remarried. I currently
work for the federal government.
26. In 1989, I filed a contempt action to
compel him to reimburse some of the boys'
medical expenses.
27. Although Bob and I have had arguments and
disagreements since the divorce, we have
managed to get along for the sake of our sons.
In fact, when Bob was running for his
congressional seat in 1994, I along with my
family, contributed money to finance a
newspaper advertisement on Bob's behalf and did
a radio commercial in support of Bob.
28. 1 did not approach LFF, Inc., or Larry
Flynt. They contacted me regarding Bob.
I declare under penalty of perjury under the
laws of the State of Georgia and the United
States of America that the foregoing is true
and correct.
Executed this 8th day of January, 1999 at
Atlanta, Georgia.
GAIL BARR
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