TARRANT COUNTY, Texas — Johnson County Sheriff Adam King is ready to have his blood drawn to dispute allegations about what his attorney calls a false claim about a so-called “love child.”
Jury selection is scheduled for June 22, 2026, in the criminal trial of Sheriff Adam King. A grand jury indicted King after allegations of sexual harassment surfaced from employees at the law enforcement agency, along with retaliation allegations.
King and his attorneys are fighting two felony counts of retaliation against a witness, also described in some court records as a “corrupt influence.” They’re also fighting one misdemeanor count of official oppression involving alleged sexual harassment and abuse of office. Prosecutors also filed one felony count of aggravated perjury for allegedly lying to a grand jury under oath about changing an employee’s work schedule after she reported harassment.
Last week, the state notified the court of the prosecutor’s intention to use extraneous offenses, claiming Sheriff King met a woman, T.C., formerly T.W., on or about 1999 in Cleburne, Texas.
King met her at Applebee’s and told her he was a beer salesman even though he was a law enforcement officer. T.C. was married at the time, prosecutors claim. King and T.C. began a sexual relationship wherein they would meet at hotels and motels in Fort Worth to have sexual intercourse. This occurred approximately seven different times, according to prosecutors.
They also allegedly went to a social outing together at least one time and were photographed together. T.C. became pregnant, told King she was going to tell her husband the baby was his, and cut off contact with King, prosecutors claim. T.C. learned around 2004 that King was in law enforcement.
King and his defense team, made up of North Texas super attorneys Bill Mason, Mark Daniel, and Matt Smid, responded to the allegations with the following statement:
“Sheriff King will take a DNA test this afternoon if offered. This new allegation is more than laughable and sad. It’s a filthy, disgusting lie advanced by the DA. This is a desperate attempt to smear the name of a very good and moral man.”
Keith Harris is a managing partner at Harris and Harris Law Firm and not affiliated with the Sheriff King trial. Harris provided some context.
“The notification of the extraneous notice is intended to give the defense notification of any bad acts that the prosecution plans to put on in their case,” Harris said. “If they don’t give notification of the bad act, then they are essentially banned from putting that bad act in during the trial. The jury is not going to hear this unless the judge says yes, this is allowed to come in. As a defense attorney, I think you have the conversation with your client asking, ” Hey, is any of this stuff true?”
King’s attorney reiterated that it is not true.
According to the Texas Bar Association, Bill Mason operates his own practice as William G. Mason Attorney at Law. Matt Smid is a partner at Daniel, Moore, Evans, Biggs, Decker & Smid, and Mark Daniel currently practices with Phelps Dunbar LLP.