Female prosecutor suspended from her job over claims she had inappropriate affairs with THREE men including a defendant and an illegal immigrant

By WILL POTTER, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER Published: 14:21, 17 July 2026 | Updated: 14:23, 17 July 2026 A top Missouri prosecutor has been suspended over allegations she carried out affairs with three men including an illegal immigrant accused of sexual assault.  Ray County Prosecutor Camille Johnston, 46, was hit with a 'writ of quo warranto' this week by the Missouri Attorney General's Office alleging she abused her office to have inappropriate relationships.  According to the filing to remove her from office, one of Johnston's romantic relationships was with a defense attorney representing several criminal defendants in cases prosecuted by Ray County.  She also allegedly had an affair with an illegal immigrant, identified by KSHB as Juan David Gutierrez, who is accused of sexually assaulting another woman.  Gutierrez was being prosecuted in Ray County, but she allegedly gave her vehicle to him to help him abscond to Florida, where she then went on vacation with him, the filing stated.  Alongside the two alleged affairs, Johnson also carried out a sexual relationship with another defendant in a criminal case, and fired an employee who discovered it, the filing alleged.  Johnson was accused of an 'obvious appearance of a conflict of interest' in her handling of a number of cases, which meant she had 'forfeited the office of prosecuting attorney.'  After Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway filed documents to remove Johnston from office on Thursday, a judge swiftly approved a preliminary order suspending her.  Ray County Prosecutor Camille Johnston, 46, has been suspended over allegations she carried out affairs with three men, including an illegal immigrant being prosecuted for sexual assault Johnston allegedly carried out an affair with illegal immigrant Juan David Gutierrez, who she allegedly helped abscond from an investigation into a sexual assault and vacationed with him in Florida while on the run from authorities  The first details of Johnston's alleged inappropriate relationship with Gutierrez emerged in September 2025, when KSHB reported that the prosecutor was his girlfriend when he allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in 2019.  The victim in that case, who remained anonymous, told the outlet she was 'absolutely shocked' to learn of the relationship.  Gutierrez was hit with criminal charges of sodomy and attempted sodomy, but the case was handed over to the Missouri State Highway Patrol in 2020 when the conflict of interest with Johnston was discovered.  During this time, Johnston was also allegedly aware that Gutierrez was a citizen of Mexico who had been in the US illegally since 2019, the writ of quo warranto filing stated.   The prosecution against Gutierrez slowed as investigators said they did not know where he was, however Johnston allegedly helped him abscond to Mississippi by giving him her truck.  In court documents in a civil case filed by Gutierrez's alleged victim, it was claimed that Johnston transferred the title of the vehicle into Gutierrez's name, before he took the truck down to Florida.  Johnston 'subsequently went to Florida to vacation' with Gutierrez, the filing said.  Gutierrez was eventually arrested in Ohio in 2024, and his trial for sexual assault was set to begin July 13, but it was rescheduled for September.  Johnston allegedly carried out an inappropriate relationship with Gutierrez and helped him abscond when he was accused of sexual assault in 2020. He is seen during his eventual arrest in Ohio in 2024  Johnston was hit with a 'writ of quo warranto' this week by the Missouri Attorney General's Office alleging she abused her office to have inappropriate relationships Johnston denied the allegations related to Gutierrez when they were reported last year, and she filed a defamation lawsuit against the investigator who said he uncovered it.  She alleged that she 'took no action to aid' Gutierrez, and said she had 'no involvement in the investigation' and 'was not aware of criminal charges against Mr. Gutierrez at the time she sold him the vehicle.'  In another of Johnston's alleged inappropriate relationships, the quo warranto filing claimed she also had an affair with a licensed attorney in Ray County, identified only in the document by the initials TT.  The attorney 'has represented, and continues to represent, numerous criminal defendants against criminal charges filed by Respondent in her role as prosecutor', the filing said.  Johnston allegedly was still overseeing cases that involved TT, even though she was required to disqualify herself and seek a special prosecutor in any such cases, the filing claimed. When one of her employees in the prosecutor's office discovered the affair, she claimed she was retaliated against by being fired, per the filing.  In a third alleged inappropriate relationship, Johnson also allegedly carried out an affair with a man accused of domestic violence, identified by initials CW in the filing.  The case against CW would also have been overseen by Johnston's office, but she was disqualified and a special prosecutor was put on the case when local law enforcement became aware of her relationship.  According to the quo warranto filing, Johnston then withheld information about the defendant and the affair from courts, Ray County staff, and the victim in the case.  Staff in Johnston's office alleged that she created an atmosphere of 'fear and tension' through fits of anger and tantrums.  The Missouri Attorney General's Office said in its filing that it believes Johnston likely committed several crimes through the inappropriate relationships, including acceding to corruption and hindering prosecution.  The Daily Mail has contacted the Ray County Prosecutor's Office for comment.