Posted on 06/23/2010 10:08:53 PM PDT by Second Amendment First
Authorities in Portland, Ore., investigated in late 2006 and early 2007 a masseuse's claim that she was sexually assaulted by former vice president and Nobel laureate Al Gore during his visit to that city, but the matter was eventually dropped for lack of evidence, officials said Wednesday.
The woman who alleged the assault through her lawyer declined initially to be interviewed by police and did not want officers to pursue the matter, the Multnomah County district attorney's office said Wednesday. She later reconsidered and met with Portland police detectives in January 2009, telling them she "was repeatedly subjected to unwanted sexual touching."
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hehehhe
Oh-oh, now the MSM has picked it up!
Not to worry, he’s a democrat-it won’t go anywhere.
It didn’t take very long for them to do it either. I’m amazed at how fast the MSM is going after the rats.
How could it not go anywhere when it'll be front-page news across the nation in the morning?
The shelf life of this useful idiot is about over.
This whole thing...I think I just threw up a little in my mouth.
After all the other scandals, with characters like Edwards, this is coming at a bad time for the dems. I think it will go somewhere.
Is he the QB of the Pitt Steelers?
Wait a minute - this is impossible! Isn’t Algore gay?
An Inconvenient Grope
PORTLAND, Ore. — A Portland massage therapist accused former Vice President Al Gore of "unwanted sexual contact" at a hotel during an October 2006 visit, but no charges were filed due to lack of evidence, law officials said Wednesday.
An attorney representing the woman contacted police in late 2006, said Multnomah County District Attorney Michael Schrunk. Schrunk said the woman — who has not been identified — refused to be interviewed by detectives and did not want the investigation to proceed.
The woman, however, contacted police in January 2009 and gave a statement, saying Gore tried to have sex with her during an appointment at the upscale downtown Hotel Lucia, where Gore was reportedly registered as "Mr. Stone."
The National Enquirer first reported the allegations Wednesday, identifying the accuser as a 54-year-old woman.
Gore family spokeswoman Kalee Kreider said the former vice president has no comment. Gore and his wife announced June 1 they were separating.
A police report prepared in 2007 said the alleged incident occurred Oct. 24, 2006. Gore was in Portland to deliver a speech on climate change.
The woman, according to the report, canceled appointments with detectives on Dec. 21 and 26 of that year. Her attorney canceled another meeting scheduled for Jan. 4 and said the matter would be handled civilly.
"This case is exceptionally cleared as (the woman) refuses to cooperate with the investigation or even report a crime," the report states.
The case reopened in January 2009. Detectives interviewed the woman but determined there was insufficient evidence to support the allegations, Portland police said in a news release.
In a transcript of the interview released by police, the massage therapist said she had an appointment with "Mr. Stone" at 10:30 p.m. but the hotel's front desk told her he wouldn't be available until 11 p.m. When she knocked on the door, Al Gore opened it, and when she asked what she should call him, he replied to "Call me Al," the woman told police.
She said she was doing requested abdominal work on Gore when he started to moan and demanded she go lower.
"I was shocked, and I did not massage beyond what is considered a safe, nonsexual area of the abdomen," she said. "He further insisted and acted angry, becoming verbally sharp and loud.
"I went into much deeper shock as I realized it appeared he was demanding sexual favors or sexual behaviors."
The woman said Gore grabbed her hand and shoved it toward his pubic area. She alleged he later tried to have sex with her and began caressing her before she squirmed out of his grasp.
"I did not immediately call the police as I feared being made into a public spectacle and my reputation being destroyed," she said. "I was not sure what to tell them and was concerned my story would not be believed since there was no DNA evidence from a completed act of rape. I did not even know what to call what had happened to me."
Detective Mary Wheat, a Portland police spokeswoman, said the woman contacted detectives this month and asked for a copy of her statement. The woman, according to Wheat, said she planned to take her case to the media.
As much as I loathe Algore, this doesn’t sound real...just someone looking for some money.
I’m not really doubting her, but one wonders where the Secret Service was.
I think the WP article says that he didn’t have Secret Service at the time this occurred.
But he was looking to be secretly serviced.
Hey, that’s normative behavior for Dems.
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