Alex Chapman said he is having trouble retaining a Manitoba lawyer to represent him in his lawsuit against a judge and her lawyer husband. (CBC)

The Winnipeg man embroiled in a controversy involving a senior Manitoba judge and her lawyer husband is worried about getting a fair trial.

Alex Chapman, 44, told CBC News he now realizes that he has taken on some powerful people in the legal community, and nobody in the province wants to represent him.

"I'm having a difficult time [finding] a lawyer," he said.

Everyone in the legal community knows each other and several lawyers are married to judges, Chapman said.

At a court hearing Thursday, Chapman was granted an adjournment in the case until Oct. 12 to find a lawyer.

He is looking out of province, hoping to hire someone from Toronto.

'In order to get a fair trial, we need a judge from a different province to come here to hear this case.'—Alex Chapman

Once he has retained someone, Chapman also intends to make a motion against his case being heard by a judge from the Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench.

"In order to get a fair trial, we need a judge from a different province to come here to hear this case," he said.

"We need someone who is not biased. [Those people are] her colleagues.

"I can't tell [if they are biased or not]."

Peter Russell, a professor emeritus of political science at the University of Toronto, doesn't agree with Chapman's assertion that he would struggle to get a fair trial in Manitoba's Court of Queen's Bench.

There are more than three dozen Court of Queen's Bench judges in Manitoba. There are many people capable of being objective and hearing this case, said Russell, who has written extensively about judicial independence.

"I think it's a big stretch to say being on the same court as Justice Douglas makes them all unable to hear the case in an unbiased, unprejudiced manner," he said.

Suing for $67 million

Chapman is suing Lori Douglas, an associate chief justice of the Court of Queen's Bench, and her lawyer husband Jack King.

Lori Douglas was appointed to the Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench in 2005. (CBC)

Chapman claims King harassed him in 2003, trying to get him to have sex with Douglas, who was still a lawyer at the time.

She was appointed a judge of the Court of Queen's Bench (family division) on May 19, 2005, and then became associate chief justice of the Court of Queen's Bench (family division) on May 14, 2009.

Chapman was being represented by King in a divorce case.

At some point, King mentioned a porn website devoted to interracial sex, particularly between black men and white women.

King also showed Chapman, who is black, sexually explicit photos of Douglas naked in various forms of bondage, in chains, with sex toys and performing oral sex.

When his divorce was concluded, Chapman filed a complaint to the managing partners at the law firm Thompson Dorfman Sweatman, where King and Douglas were partners.

Winnipeg lawyer Jack King is being sued by Chapman for harassment. (CBC)

Soon after receiving the complaint, King left the firm.

Chapman received a $25,000 payment in return for a promise not to take legal action against King and his partners.

He came forward with the lawsuit after seven years of silence, saying he felt distraught about the matter.

Chapman is suing Douglas for $7 million, King for $10 million and Thompson Dorfman Sweatman for $50 million.

The Canadian Judicial Council is also investigating a complaint Chapman filed against Douglas, who has temporarily stepped aside from her duties as a sitting judge but remains with the court in an administrative capacity.

Meanwhile, the Manitoba Law Society is investigating a complaint Chapman filed against King.