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Young woman accuses Oregon Rep. David Wu of aggressive, unwanted sexual encounter
The Oregonian ^ | 7/22/2011 | Charles Pope, Janie Har and Beth Slovic

Posted on 07/22/2011 7:11:22 PM PDT by Bean Counter

A distraught young woman called (Democrat) Oregon Rep. David Wu's Portland office this spring, accusing him of an unwanted sexual encounter, according to multiple sources.

When confronted, Wu acknowledged a sexual encounter to his senior aides but insisted it was consensual, the sources said.

The woman is the daughter of a longtime friend and campaign donor. She apparently did not contact police at the time.

One person who heard the voice mail described the woman as upset, breathing heavily and "distraught."

In the voice mail, the young woman accused Wu of aggressive and unwanted sexual behavior, according to sources with direct knowledge of the message and its contents.

Reporters could not verify the young woman's age. Notes on Facebook over the last 18 months indicate she graduated from high school in 2010. California records show she registered to vote last August.

Wu, 56, has not responded to repeated questions from The Oregonian over the last four days.

Mid-day Friday, a reporter emailed Wu's spokesman, Erik Dorey, with this question: "Is Rep. David Wu denying that he had sexual contact with the daughter of a high school friend over Thanksgiving 2010 in Orange County, California? Yes or no?"

Dorey responded by asking for more time to answer the question. Neither Dorey nor anyone else in Wu's office had responded by Friday evening.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: davidwu; democrats; guesstheparty; oregon; wu
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1 posted on 07/22/2011 7:11:28 PM PDT by Bean Counter
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To: Bean Counter

I guess ‘Rep.’ is supposed to be interpreted as ‘Republican’, since it is spelled out as ‘Representative’ nowhere in the story? :)


2 posted on 07/22/2011 7:14:23 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ( "The right to offend is far more important than any right not to be offended." - Rowan Atkinson)
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To: Bean Counter

Wanna see Mr Wu’s hog?


3 posted on 07/22/2011 7:15:52 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: Bean Counter

Typically, no mention of the “party affiliation” in the article itself?

We know what it is, then.


4 posted on 07/22/2011 7:17:08 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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To: Bean Counter

So now I guess that the rats in the US House of Representatives will all wear that button that says “We stand with the LADY!” to support the victim, RIGHT???

Hahahaha! I kill me!


5 posted on 07/22/2011 7:17:33 PM PDT by Mr. Jazzy (The United States Marine Corps, your greatest friend or your worst enemy. YOU choose.)
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To: Bean Counter

Did David try to Wu this young lady?


6 posted on 07/22/2011 7:22:03 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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To: Bean Counter

Did David try to Wu this young lady?


7 posted on 07/22/2011 7:22:13 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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To: Bean Counter

Was he wearing his tiger suit?


8 posted on 07/22/2011 7:22:30 PM PDT by paddles ("The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates." Tacitus)
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To: Bean Counter

If she graduated in 2010 from high school, then she is 18 years old now.

Which means he is three times as old as she is.

Sick SOB.


9 posted on 07/22/2011 7:22:35 PM PDT by exit82 (Democrats are the enemy of freedom. Sarah Palin is our Esther.)
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To: Bean Counter
I'm a tiger when I want love,
but I'm a snake if we disagree.


10 posted on 07/22/2011 7:25:29 PM PDT by magslinger (Zombies make up much of the Democrat's base.)
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To: The_Media_never_lie
How did she recognize who the perpetrator was? Was he dressed in a tiger costume?


11 posted on 07/22/2011 7:26:22 PM PDT by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: magslinger

You beat me to the punch....line.


12 posted on 07/22/2011 7:28:08 PM PDT by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: Bean Counter
Not his first time at the rodeo. If he was a Republican, he'd have been run out of office by now.

Wu married Michelle Maxine Wu in 1996 and they have two children. In December 2009, he filed for separation from his wife, citing irreconcilable differences.

Three weeks prior to the 2004 elections, The Oregonian published an article reporting that Wu had been accused of sexually assaulting an ex-girlfriend while attending Stanford. Criminal charges were never filed, but the story prompted Wu to hold a press conference apologizing for "inexcusable behavior".

In February 2011, Willamette Week and later The Oregonian reported that in the runup to the November 2010 election, Wu began behaving erratically and that staffers "demanded he enter a hospital for psychiatric treatment." The erratic behavior that triggered the staff's departure was reported to be no single incident but rather a pattern of behavior that included Wu's emailing his staff photos of himself in a tiger suit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wu

13 posted on 07/22/2011 7:28:28 PM PDT by lonevoice (Life is short. Make fun of it.)
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To: USNBandit

By less than a minute. GMTA.


14 posted on 07/22/2011 7:34:27 PM PDT by magslinger (Zombies make up much of the Democrat's base.)
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To: Bean Counter

From a conversation in “Homicide, Life in the Street”
http://movie.subtitlr.com/subtitle/show/371296

- Have you seen him?
- Who?
- Wu.
- Why?
- Whoa.
- Wu?
- Woo-hoo!
- Whoa!


15 posted on 07/22/2011 7:56:58 PM PDT by tlb
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To: Clintonfatigued; Impy; AuH2ORepublican; fieldmarshaldj; no dems; Kaslin; perfect_rovian_storm; ...

Democrats have been wanting to get rid of this guy because he’s so vulnerable. Maybe this will be the nail in his coffin.

This is a D+8 district, so it will be tough for a Republican. Wu’s going to get a primary challenge. So far, the following have filed to run.

Pavel Goberman-R
Stephen A Brodhead-R
Brad Avakian-D
Brad Witt-D


16 posted on 07/22/2011 8:03:23 PM PDT by randita (All we are sayin' is give peas a chance...)
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To: Bean Counter

No mention of party in title, subtitle, first sentence, or first paragraph...therefore its a democrat.


17 posted on 07/22/2011 8:16:06 PM PDT by icwhatudo ("laws requiring compulsory abortion could be sustained under the constitution"-Obama official)
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To: cripplecreek

You are just plain Wong!


18 posted on 07/22/2011 8:25:41 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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To: icwhatudo

Wu could not have done this, because he’s a ‘Rat. And if he had done it, well, it was her fault anyway, because...he’s a ‘Rat. All ‘Rats receive get out jail free cards, because...they are ‘Rats.


19 posted on 07/22/2011 8:28:51 PM PDT by twister881
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To: Bean Counter

That’s odd, I haven’t seen this reported in my local (Sarasota) newspaper, which is owned by the NY Slimes. s/ off.


20 posted on 07/22/2011 9:04:29 PM PDT by Rembrandt (.. AND the donkey you rode in on.)
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