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Roy Moore Campaign attempts to debunk accuser’s claims
WAIT.com ^ | November 20, 2017 | Stephen Dingle

Posted on 11/21/2017 6:37:24 AM PST by COUNTrecount

GADSDEN, Ala. (WIAT) — After nearly two weeks of sexual assault allegations from several women, Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Roy Moore attempted to debunk claims from one of his accusers Beverly Young-Nelson.

Moore’s campaign sent the following in a press release: GADSDEN, Ala. – On Monday evening, the Moore Campaign unveiled statements from key witnesses that completely bust the story of Beverly Nelson and Gloria Allred and further reveal an unconscionable bias on the part of state and national press to hide the truth from Alabama voters who will undoubtedly see through the “fake news” and elect Judge Moore for the man that they have always known him to be.

According to a former waitress, Olde Hickory House required employees to be 16 years old. Nelson claims she was 15 when she started. According to two former employees, the dumpsters were on the side of the building. Nelson claimed that they were in the back. Olde Hickory House sat right off of the four-lane highway and had a wrap-around porch with lights all around it. Nelson claimed that the surroundings were “dark and isolated.” Rhonda Ledbetter, who worked at Olde Hickory House for almost 3 years, states that the earliest it closed was at 11 p.m. but she believes it was open until midnight. She is certain it did not close at 10:00 because Goodyear was next door, and employees came to eat when their shift ended at 10 p.m. Nelson claims her story occurred after the restaurant closed at 10 p.m. It is unlikely that there was an entrance from the back of the parking lot, which Nelson claimed existed. Multiple sources have claimed that everyone parked on the sides of the building because there wasn’t much room behind the restaurant, according to Rhonda not enough room to turn around. Renee Schivera stated that a neighborhood backed up to the parking lot and it was adjacent to the backyards of people’s houses, so she did not see how there would have been a back entrance as it would have gone through someone’s yard. Nelson claimed that Judge Roy Moore came in almost every night and sat at the counter, but former employees state that customers at the counter were served by the bartender or short order cook – not served by the waitresses and had no reason to interact with the wait staff. Additionally, two former waitresses and two former patrons state they never saw Judge Moore come into the restaurant. These witnesses have shared their testimony with multiple news outlets. The outlets have failed to report.

Rhonda Ledbetter, a retired public school teacher who is currently the senior choir director at a Baptist church and teaches children at a local, church-sponsored day care center, was a waitress at Olde Hickory House for almost three years from 1977-1979. She was a college student at Jacksonville State University at the time and worked varying shifts at different times of day, multiple days a week during the time of her employment. She said in a statement: “When I heard Beverly Nelson’s story, there were several details that were different from what I remember. I was nervous at coming forward because of all the attention this story has gotten, but as a moral and ethical person I had to speak up about what I know to be true. I was a waitress at Olde Hickory for almost three years from 1977-1979, and I never saw Roy Moore come in to the restaurant. Not one time. And I would have noticed because most of our customers weren’t wearing suits, especially not at night. Many customers worked at Goodyear next door and would stop in on their way to and from work, and I don’t remember anyone from the courthouse coming in at all. That just wasn’t our crowd.

“A few things stuck out to me. First, Nelson said she was 15 years old when she started working there but you had to be 16. I don’t remember her from my time there, and I don’t remember any 15 year olds working there at all.

“Second, Nelson said the restaurant closed at 10 p.m. but I know the earliest it closed was 11, though I believe it was midnight. I’m certain of that because Goodyear employees came in to eat after their shift ended at 10:00 p.m., so there’s no way we would have closed at that time.

“Third, the area wasn’t dark and isolated as she described. Rather, the building was right off the busy four-lane highway and people and cars were always around. The restaurant had a wrap-around porch, like the ones at Cracker Barrel restaurants, and there were lights all around the sides of the building. So it wasn’t dark and anyone in the parking lot was visible from the road.

“Fourth, the dumpsters were to the side of the building, not around back and there sure wasn’t room to park in between the building and the dumpsters. People from the kitchen would take trash out of the side door and throw it right into the dumpsters. We were always told to park on the side of the building, because there just wasn’t much room behind it. I don’t remember there being an exit from the back of the parking lot, there would barely have been enough room to turn a car around.

“I came forward because from what I’ve seen, the media is only interested in reporting one side of this story. In fact, Dixon Hayes from WRBC in Birmingham asked for former employees to contact him but never responded when I told him I never saw Roy Moore come into Olde Hickory House during the three years I worked for. Two other news outlets in the state asked to interview me and I agreed, but neither one has aired my interview and I have to wonder why they don’t think the people of Alabama deserve to hear anything that counteracts the accusations against Judge Moore. It’s not for me to say whether or not something happened, I can only tell the truth about factual details that I know for sure. I think all Alabamians deserve to have all of the facts so they can decide for themselves what the truth is. Despite what the national media and people in DC might say, Alabama voters are intelligent and have common sense. We don’t need anyone to tell us how to vote or to explain to us what really happened. We will make that decision and I just wanted to do my part in sharing the truth on some of these important facts. I, like all Alabama voters, want any and all information that can shed light on the truth.”

Johnny Belyeu, Sr. is a former police officer with over two decades of experience with the Etowah County Sheriff’s Department and the Gadsden Police Department. He said in a statement, “I was an officer with the Etowah County Sheriff’s Department in the 1970s which means I worked in the courthouse and knew who Roy Moore was since he was the Deputy District Attorney at the time. I was a regular customer at Olde Hickory House, and I never once saw Judge Moore come in there. If he had I would have immediately recognized him. I also never met Beverly Nelson during any of the many times I frequented the restaurant, and I can’t say that she even worked there.”

Renee Schivera of Huntsville, Alabama stated, “I was a waitress at the Olde Hickory House during the summer of 1977, before my senior year of high school. When I heard Beverly Nelson’s story the first thing that stuck out to me was that I don’t remember Roy Moore ever coming into the restaurant. I also don’t remember her working there. The other thing that struck me as odd is that from my best recollection, the dumpsters were to the side of the building. I just know they were visible from the road, and not back behind the building. But the main thing is that if someone came in almost every night we knew who there were, and I never saw Roy Moore there. As a Christian woman, I wouldn’t lie for anyone and I am only sharing what I know because it’s the truth.”

“The days of unbiased reporting are over,” Moore Campaign strategist, Brett Doster said. “The liberal media will dodge any source and refuse to air any interview that doesn’t square with their effort to land a liberal Democrat in the senate seat. The Moore Campaign is committed to presenting factual truth to the people of Alabama and looks forward to victory on December 12.”


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1 posted on 11/21/2017 6:37:24 AM PST by COUNTrecount
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To: COUNTrecount
Look at this, can you imagine what would happen if there photos of Moore doing this?

This woman claims Frankens hand was on her butt when this photo was taken...

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/11/another-sexual-misconduct-allegation-made-against-al-franken.html

And of course this....

Yet the left says they do not want him to resign because he supports the murder of babies yet there was Mitch McConnell immediately calling Moore to step down over a hoax.


2 posted on 11/21/2017 6:46:22 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (Trump: Greatest POTUS of all time solely for preventing Satan from taking office.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Judge Roy Moore wins the Senate seat in Alabama,in a massive landslide victory over Communist, left-wing radical, Democrat, Doug “The Baby Killer” Jones. Game over for Doug Jones, the entire pervert filled, Democrat Party and Mitch McConnell.


3 posted on 11/21/2017 6:59:11 AM PST by JLAGRAYFOX (Defeat both the Republican (e) & Democrat (e) political parties....Forever!!!)
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To: COUNTrecount

Moore’s strategy seems to be if he can destroy Nelson, and she certainly seems to be telling a dubious tale, then he can also destroy the other women as a result. We’ll see how well it works.


4 posted on 11/21/2017 7:02:22 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: COUNTrecount

Real headline should be: Beltway Establishment tries to thwart will of voters

This is true of not only the Alabama senatorial contest, but the THIRTY states won by DONALD TRUMP.


5 posted on 11/21/2017 7:08:58 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: COUNTrecount

Thing is, if you destroy one, you destroy them all - UNLESS they have physical evidence to support their claim.


6 posted on 11/21/2017 7:10:52 AM PST by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm male.)
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To: COUNTrecount

Real headline should be: Beltway Establishment tries to thwart will of voters

This is true of not only the Alabama senatorial contest, but the THIRTY states won by DONALD TRUMP.


7 posted on 11/21/2017 7:12:50 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: DoodleDawg

I respectfully disagree DoodleDawg. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving..........;)


8 posted on 11/21/2017 7:15:03 AM PST by Dawgreg (Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Cant stand Franken the LIEberal Senator but if he is goofing off and the women go along with it then so what. Its just that when they accuse Roy Moore of completely false sexual allegations that if this sort of pervy goofing off should be held against Stuart Smalley then its par for the course. Loving the boomerang effect back upon the leftards.


9 posted on 11/21/2017 7:16:16 AM PST by tflabo
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To: tflabo

It’s fine to goof off. But Tweeden made it clear she wasn’t playing along.


10 posted on 11/21/2017 7:22:17 AM PST by Terry Mross (Liver spots And blood thinners..)
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To: COUNTrecount
I was waiting and waiting for someone from the restaurant to show up.

So why not remember her?

First let me say...that the earliest news ad I could find for the "Olde Hickory House" was November 14 1977 which was Beverly's 16th birthday.

The top line of the ad said "INTRODUCING" and a little sketch with "Olde Hickory House".

I believe that may have been the beginning of the place. Hours i9n the ad said 6am to 11pm. Address was 307.....

Beverly says that the supposed incident took place a week or two after he signed the book. The NEXT day, she called work and quit.

So even if she did work there, it was for just a couple months.

Going back to old calendars, Dec 22 1977 may have been the first day of Christmas Vacation.

Where was she?? Probably at the Mall.

11 posted on 11/21/2017 7:28:14 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: DoodleDawg

Moore’s strategy seems to be if he can destroy Nelson, and she certainly seems to be telling a dubious tale, then he can also destroy the other women as a result. We’ll see how well it works.


Well, there’s also the ‘14 year old’ who’s own mother has said the daughter didn’t have a phone in her bedroom.


12 posted on 11/21/2017 7:30:08 AM PST by chaosagent (Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
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To: tflabo
"Cant stand Franken the LIEberal Senator but if he is goofing off and the women go along with it then so what"

First I'm dubious that has hands are actually touching her by looking at the shadows under his fingers. Even if not touching her, it was an obvious disrespectful crass joke at a sleeping woman's expense.

More importantly, she has said that in their skit for a USO show that when they were supposed to have a simple kiss, he stuck his tongue down her throat without permission, which was NOT part of the act. She said she wouldn't get near him after that when not on stage.

Paint his face like the Joker, and the guy reminds me of the horror clowns now in fashion in movies and TV. He's been an unfunny sick ass ever since his SNL days.

13 posted on 11/21/2017 7:30:14 AM PST by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamonauseous. Plus LGBTQxyz nauseous.)
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To: DoodleDawg

There is no other women. only one other woman. She is not credible.


14 posted on 11/21/2017 7:41:45 AM PST by bluecollarman (P)
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To: JLAGRAYFOX
Roy Moore Campaign attempts to debunk accuser’s claims

Ha...that's a pretty good attempt

More like nuked from orbit.

15 posted on 11/21/2017 7:41:52 AM PST by spokeshave (The Fake Media tried to stop us from going to the White House, I am President and they are not. DJT)
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To: Terry Mross
Also, Tweeden had more to say about Franken. He forcibly kissed her and ran his tongue down her mouth as she was struggling to push him off. These are not charges from forty years ago and Franken cannot cover his obnoxious behavior by claiming he was just goofing around. Not funny or benign humor from Franken. His past record tells the story of very warped sexual pervert. His perversion cannot be excused even if acceptable to the equally warped leftist media.
16 posted on 11/21/2017 7:43:57 AM PST by mountainfolk
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To: DoodleDawg
Liar.

He's not destroying her, he's proving her accusations are false.

17 posted on 11/21/2017 8:12:40 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are silly those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: grey_whiskers
He's not destroying her, he's proving her accusations are false.

To-may-to, to-mah-to.

18 posted on 11/21/2017 8:14:24 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: bluecollarman
There is no other women. only one other woman. She is not credible.

There are eight or nine who have come out so far.

19 posted on 11/21/2017 8:15:09 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

Haven’t seen anything here on FR about the interview given yesterday on NBC by Leigh Corfman, who claims being assaulted by Roy Moore when she was 14. Quite the compelling retelling of events from some nearly 40 years ago.

Frankly, I believe her. I also want Moore to win the seat. What a unbelievable mess this has led to.


20 posted on 11/21/2017 8:17:06 AM PST by nfldgirl
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