The assistant district attorney and deputy investigator at the center of the controversy that led to the abrupt retirement of Cobb County Superior Court Chief Judge Kenneth O. Nix say he committed a crime against them by touching them inappropriately, but they do not plan to take legal action.

“What occurred was more serious than was reported,” the two women, Cobb County Assistant District Attorney Susan K. Treadaway and Deputy Investigator Glenda Roberts, said in a prepared statement released by their boss, Cobb District Attorney Patrick H. Head.