Alex Chapman says he lost his job at a Manitoba insurance company over allegations he's made about a judge and her lawyer husband. (CBC)The Winnipeg man who went public with sexual allegations about Manitoba Judge Lori Douglas and her lawyer husband says he has been fired from his job in part because of the explicit photos of her he kept on his work computer.

Alex Chapman, 44, had been a computer programmer for Great-West Life Assurance Co. for the past three years but was fired on Tuesday, he told CBC News on Wednesday.

Chapman's dismissal comes about two months after he complained to the Canadian Judicial Council and the Manitoba Law Society about the Court of Queen's Bench judge and her husband, Winnipeg lawyer Jack King.

Chapman alleges that King harassed him in 2003 by pressing him to have sex with Douglas, who was a lawyer at the time but became a judge in 2005.

Over several weeks, Chapman said King showed him about 30 sexually explicit photos of Douglas, showing her naked in various forms of bondage, with sex toys and performing oral sex.

Douglas has temporarily stepped aside from her duties as a sitting judge but remains with the court in an administrative capacity.

Suspended 1 month after complaints filed

Lori Douglas was appointed to the Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench in 2005. (CBC)Chapman said exactly one month after he filed his complaints on July 16, he was suspended from his job with pay and told a complaint had been made about him. An internal investigation at Great-West was initiated, Chapman said.

His meeting that day with a company investigator came just hours after CBC contacted King to ask for his response to Chapman's allegations.

A company investigator asked Chapman questions about his past criminal convictions, for which he was officially pardoned in 2001, Chapman said.

As well, he said, the investigator asked him questions about a bank account he had set up in his native Trinidad and Tobago and whether it was true that he had funnelled millions of dollars into it.

'I have not received anything from Great-West Life telling me why I have been suspended or why I have been terminated.'—Alex Chapman

Such an allegation, Chapman said he told the investigator, was completely unfounded.

"I started smiling and said, 'Excuse me, if I had millions of dollars, do you think I would be sitting and talking to you?'"

Chapman said he was told his firing was in part linked to the photos of Douglas and the documents related to his complaint about her and King that he was keeping on his work computer.

On Sept. 2, Justice Joan McKelvey of the Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench ruled that Chapman must immediately return "all documents, emails and photographs" ever sent to him by King, and ask for any of the material held by anyone else to be returned. Chapman said he has asked Great-West Life to return the material but has had no success.

"The lawyer told me they were reluctant to give it back to me because that was the basis for terminating me," he said.

He said he was notified of his dismissal this Tuesday, but an internal company newsletter obtained by CBC News suggests people at the company were made aware of his departure a week before he was told he was fired.

"Alex Chapman has left the company effective Aug. 27, 2010," the newsletter stated.

The story of Chapman's allegations first appeared publicly on Aug. 31 on CBC.

Positive performance review

Chapman said his firing comes as a shock given the glowing performance review he received at work in 2009. Last December, he was given a $500 bonus for a job well done.

'Alex is doing all the right things.'— Internal performance review document

"To this day, I have not received anything from Great-West Life telling me why I have been suspended or why I have been terminated," he said.

Chapman's performance review for the year 2009 indicates he "exceeded expectations" in three out of five review categories.

"Alex's project work has been very high quality and extremely well received by the consumers," the document states.

The overall summary of Chapman's job performance states he has been a "great addition" to the company.

"Alex is doing all the right things," the review, dated Feb. 22, 2010, said. "He brings a very positive attitude to work every day, works very hard at delivering a quality result in everything he does, and he works well with everybody. That's a hard combination to beat."

Great-West Life said it would not comment on personnel matters, citing privacy concerns.

With files from the CBC's Marisa Dragani and Patricia Bell