DEL.ICIO.USGBI probes Cobb voodoo allegations
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Embattled Cobb County Commissioner Annette Kesting met with police investigators Wednesday, making her unavailable for a rain-soaked press conference on her behalf.
Kesting, who represents District 4 in southwest Cobb, has been accused by a South Carolina voodoo practitioner of paying for her services with bad checks. Kesting has denied the claims.
C. Aluka Berry / The State / caberry@thestate.com
George Ann Mills of Blythewood, S.C., identifies herself as a “voodoo priestess.”
Kesting’s attorney, Sims Gordon, said investigators with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation talked with Kesting and another lawyer.
“Everyone is gathering facts, and ascertaining what is true, and what is not,” he said.
GBI spokesman John Bankhead said his agency is still investigating the allegations. Agents traveled Tuesday to South Carolina to interview George Ann Mills of Blythewood, S.C., who identifies herself as a “voodoo priestess.”
Mills said Kesting came to her in August seeking a ritual that would have brought harm to a political rival, District 4 Republican candidate Woody Thompson.
Thompson, who lost his seat to Kesting in 2004, defeated her in the primary runoff to get another shot at the commission.
The ritual was never performed.
In Marietta, the head of the New Order National Human Rights Organization gave his support to Kesting.
“I do believe in Annette Kesting, I do believe the true facts have to come out,” said Gerald Rose. “I ask that everyone please be patient right now.”
New Order is a county-based civil rights organization. It’s not clear how many members the group has, but three people showed up for Wednesday’s press conference.
The group has stood by Kesting before, offering assistance in the days after it became public that Kesting had given an inflammatory, racially tinged speech at a Marietta church in February.
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