Sex in a judge's chambers, trysts at local hotels during business hours, obscene phone calls to female workers and a desire to see lesbian sex are among the many accounts of what was going on with the top Superior Court official in Cobb County for the past two decades.

A report released Tuesday by a special investigator outlines these and other accounts of how former Superior Administrator Howard "Skip" Chesshire used his influence to solicit sex from young women who worked for him.

Chesshire, 54, abruptly left his job in February after an anonymous letter, purportedly written by a court employee, accused him of sexual misconduct with several female employees. The letter also accused him of signing false time slips for a female worker.

Chesshire and his attorney, Diane Woods, declined to comment because they had not yet read the report.

The investigator's report states that Chesshire denied all allegations when he initially was interviewed and that he declined further interviews.

Chesshire's retirement from the $142,500 per year job became effective in April.

Cobb County spokesman Robert Quigley said the county initiated the investigation at the request of the Superior Court judges — Chesshire's employers. Cobb retained the labor and employment law firm of Fisher & Phillips.

As of July, the county had paid about $50,000 in fees to the firm.

In addition to working at the direction of the judges, the court administrator, which is an appointed position, oversees court-related functions ranging from the law library to jury administration and interpreters.