John Conyers III Was Arrested in February, Accused of Stabbing His Girlfriend
New York Times / By YAMICHE ALCINDOR / DEC. 6, 2017 / FR Posted by Sub-Driver
WASHINGTON — John Conyers III, who was endorsed by his father on Tuesday to succeed him in the House, was arrested in February after his girlfriend suffered knife cuts during an argument.
Mr. Conyers, in an interview Wednesday, tried to head off a possibly disqualifying scandal just a day after his father resigned from Congress amid multiplying allegations of sexual harassment. As issues of sexual harassment and abuse roil Washington, any violent altercation against a woman could doom his effort to take the seat that his father held since 1965.
The younger Mr. Conyers said that the couple began arguing around 3 a.m. the day after Valentine’s Day and that after a physical fight, police arrested him on suspicion of domestic violence.
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office later dropped the charges, but the girlfriend got a restraining order against Mr. Conyers, which remains in effect until March of next year, he said.
“She says I stabbed her, which makes no sense,” Mr. Conyers, 27, said. “I didn’t do this. She and I had a verbal altercation and that escalated. She pulled the knife on me. She was chasing me. I tried to take it from her. There was a struggle. I pinned her to the wall. She kept swinging and she cut herself.”
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Rep. John Conyers says son inappropriately used government vehicle, vows to reimburse Treasury
The Associated Press / November 30, 2010
Democratic Congressman John Conyers says he’s learned that his son inappropriately used a government vehicle in Detroit and plans to reimburse the Treasury for any non-official use.
The House Judiciary Committee chairman says in a statement Tuesday the vehicle was used during the Thanksgiving holiday. The 81-year-old congressman apologized and says he’ll make sure it won’t happen again.
The statement was issued after WJBK-TV in Detroit reported a theft from the 2010 Cadillac Escalade, which is registered in the name of Conyers’ congressional district.
A Detroit police report says 20-year-old John Conyers III reported two laptops worth $1,100 each and $27,500 worth of concert tickets stolen from the parked vehicle late Wednesday or early Thursday.
There was no listed telephone number in Detroit for Conyers’ son.
Rep. John Conyers says son inappropriately used government vehicle, vows to reimburse Treasury
The Associated Press / November 30, 2010
Democratic Congressman John Conyers says he’s learned that his son inappropriately used a government vehicle in Detroit and plans to reimburse the Treasury for any non-official use.
The House Judiciary Committee chairman says in a statement Tuesday the vehicle was used during the Thanksgiving holiday. The 81-year-old congressman apologized and says he’ll make sure it won’t happen again.
The statement was issued after WJBK-TV in Detroit reported a theft from the 2010 Cadillac Escalade, which is registered in the name of Conyers’ congressional district.
A Detroit police report says 20-year-old John Conyers III reported two laptops worth $1,100 each and $27,500 worth of concert tickets stolen from the parked vehicle late Wednesday or early Thursday.
There was no listed telephone number in Detroit for Conyers’ son.