Posted on 11/10/2017 2:17:22 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — The attorney for Gloria Deason, who was named in the Washington Post article alleging Roy Moore had sexual contact with a 14-year-old as saying she was taken on dates by Moore when she was 18 and he in his 30s, has released an extended statement “due to the public falsehoods and defamatory remarks being made by Roy Moore,” she says.
Read the full statement below:
This statement is being given due to the public falsehoods and defamatory remarks being made by Roy Moore, many Alabama Republican officeholders and leaders, and Steve Bannon, regarding the motivations of Ms. Deason in describing her former relationship with Moore. She did not seek public exposure on the events described in The Washington Post article. She was contacted by the Post reporters several weeks ago. After careful consideration, and fully understanding that her character and veracity would be viciously attacked, she nonetheless agreed to go on the record and tell the truth.
Ms. Deason confirms that the The Post accurately reported the substance of her interviews with them. She does not know the other women named in the article. She is no longer a resident of Alabama. She is a registered Republican, but has no affiliation with the RNC and has not been contacted by the RNC or any Republican leaders at any time. The same is true for the DNC and Democratic leaders. She does not know Doug Jones, has not been contacted at any point by him or anyone associated with his campaign nor made any financial contributions to him.
There is nothing about being public regarding her relationship with Roy Moore that will enhance Ms. Deason’s life. She did not seek the limelight. No glory, no financial compensation, no justice. But she stands firmly on the truth. No one can take that away from her. No one.
And Roy Moore knows the truth. Notably, he has not denied knowing Ms. Deason, or pursuing and dating her when she was 18 and he was in his mid-thirties. He has not denied plying her with alcohol knowing in his position as a district attorney that she was younger than the legal drinking age. He has not given a press conference or opened himself up to questions on his relationship with Ms. Deason or the other women named in the article. He appears to be in hiding while issuing incendiary statements about the women, calling them “evil” and accusing them of bribery and conspiracy with the DNC. He has also sent emails to his supporters using this as a reason to request more financial contributions for his campaign.
It is reprehensible that so many Alabama Republican officeholders and leaders of their party have rejected wholesale the magnitude of evidence reported in The Post. Worse yet, they claim that even if they believed the statements of pedophilia and sexual assault, specifically against Leigh Corfman (the 14 year old), to be true, they don’t find it to be illegal or immoral conduct by Moore. A 14 year old cannot legally give consent for sex. In short, these leaders don’t care. This is a stunning admission that the GOP is not a party of family values, certainly not in Alabama. And Steve Bannon’s ridiculous statement that Moore’s misconduct is akin to “locker room talk” deserves no response. It fails on its face.
For those critical of these 4 women for not voluntarily coming forward earlier, ask yourselves what difference it would have made. Republicans in Alabama, the Christian conservatives of the Deep South, are saying that they don’t care if Roy Moore’s predatory sexual child pursuits are true. It’s no big deal to them that Moore abused his position of power as a district attorney and committed crimes against teenage women.
Legal drinking age was 18 across the board until 1984. All those at 18 were “grandfathered” in to age 21. Try again snowflake.
That jumped out at me as well. Sheesh, old turtle couldn’t get any more obvious could he? His disdain for Bannon and Trump is seriously deranged.
Well, if the drinking age really was 21 back when he dated this then-18-year-old, he did contribute to her breaking the law. And, in my mind, it is sleazy to ply a woman with liquor, anyhow.
So was she 14 or 18?
Read a thread. Legal age was 18.
Yep. In NY it was changed to 19 just after I turned 19, and then upped to 21 after I had turned 21. :) So in’81 NY went to 19 years old for legal drinking. Hard to believe the South would have done it a decade earlier.
Anyway - maybe the girl lied about her age to seem more mature. That is, providing any of it happened at all.
Most suspicious is finding FOUR women, AT THE SAME TIME, who each have a “history” with Moore. Bullogna
At the time the legal drinking age was probably 18 anyway.
No laws broken.
My wife was 18 when we got married and I did take her out to the club drinking.
This is a statement from the 18 year old.
Wasn’t the legal drinking age 18 then?
Yes it’s best to keep ten in one spot, easier to keep track of them!
Remember what Mark Twain said, “ Congress America’s only native criminal class!”
No, but the 14 year olds lawyer is Eddie Sexton.
This wasn’t a male that made the accusation.
The south did not change until fed dollars were affected.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._history_of_alcohol_minimum_purchase_age_by_state
according to wiki
19 in 1970 raised to 21 in 1984
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._history_of_alcohol_minimum_purchase_age_by_state
This woman complains that Moore will not answer questions.
I want this woman to answer questions on the record.
Yes,maybe he could become the new “Lion of the Senate”....Somebody with skills in Photoshop need to make a gif of that. I just wonder how many people would associate, or understand, what it means.
Exactly.
Judge Moore said that in the original release, the 18 year old who had went out with him is not sure what year it was or how old she was at that time. He denied that he bought booze for her, as he says he did not. He did not deny that he may have dated one of the girls, but the timing is incorrect.
Is there any other kind?
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