Posted on 06/30/2010 5:11:23 PM PDT by Arec Barrwin
Portland police will investigate accusations that Al Gore groped woman
Published: Wednesday, June 30, 2010, 4:55 PM Updated: Wednesday, June 30, 2010, 5:03 PM
The Oregonian
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 last week. Today, Portland police officials say they will reopen the investigation.
Portland police announced today that it will re-open and investigate a Portland massage therapist’s allegations that former Vice President Al Gore sexually assaulted her at a downtown hotel in October 2006.
The announcement comes as the therapist went public for the first time, telling the National Enquirer that she demanded a full police investigation of her complaint.
Molly Hagerty is photographed in the latest edition of the National Enquirer, holding the black pants she wore that night. She’s quoted saying she paid for a DNA analysis of a stain on the pants. The paper also mentioned videotape footage from the Hotel Lucia, where the encounter occurred, and named a computer consultant who told the tabloid that Hagerty called her at about 4 a.m. Oct. 24, 2006, and told her immediately about details of the attack.
Portland police said last week they considered the case closed unless new evidence surfaced. Police did not explain their decision today.
"Consistent with our policy regarding open investigations, the Police Bureau will not be commenting on any additional specifics regarding this case at this time,'' Portland Det. Mary Wheat, bureau spokeswoman, said in a news release.
A Gore family spokeswoman released a statement disputing Hagerty’s account.
"The Gores cannot comment on every defamatory, misleading, and inaccurate story generated by tabloids," said the response issued by spokeswoman Kalee Kreider. "Mr. Gore unequivocally and emphatically denied this accusation when he first learned of its existence three years ago. He stands by that denial."
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» Hear the police interview with the massage therapist Hagerty first filed a complaint through her attorney two months after the 2006 encounter, but then refused to meet with detectives on three occasions. Then in January 2009, she presented a detailed statement to Portland sexual assault investigators.
She told investigators that Gore groped her, kissed her and made unwanted sexual advances during a late-night massage session in a suite at the upscale Hotel Lucia. She said she told two friends and kept the clothes she wore that night, including her black pants with stains on them. But Portland police didn’t contact any of the woman’s friends, obtain the potential evidence or interview anyone at the hotel, records show.
"The case was not investigated any further because detectives concluded there was insufficient evidence to support the allegations," the Portland Police Bureau said in a prepared statement last week.
The Oregonian generally does not name people who report sexual assaults, but is naming Hagerty because she has made her allegations public.
Today, the district attorney’s office said it had no further comment, but stands by its statement issued last week. In that, Multnomah County District Attorney Michael Schrunk said: "If the complainant and the Portland Police Bureau wish to pursue the possibility of a criminal prosecution, additional investigation by the Bureau will be necessary and will be discussed with the Portland Police Bureau."
-- Maxine Bernstein
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Honestly, which is the more memorable and comic image:
Big Creep,
or CRAZED SEX POODLE!
Being called these things would have very different effects, too. ‘Big creep’ would make most men angry and defensive. ‘Crazed sex poodle’ would have more of a withering effect.
Spokeswoman Kalee Kreider - you are a worthless, lying hack!
We’ll know where the young lady went to school, what her grades were, every misdemeanor she even committed and a copy of her birth certificate before this is over. Her entire family and life history will be open to the scrunity of the “journalists” out there.
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Yep. Nevermind all the sealed records on BO. This private citizen will be dissected over and over.
Blubber?
I see what you mean, Psalm 144! :)
Did the Wood Man finally run into a controlling legal authority? lol
I hope Gore gets gored, but I would speculate that Al went for a “massage” and the “masseuse” figured she could make more money with the pup tent story, than with the trick or treat
I guess the Second Chakra stops here!
I was wondering, don't most hotels have a special room for such massages where guests go for such things? I mean a room equipped with a massage table and all. Who, as a professional masseuse, considers going to a man's "bedroom" to give a massage late at night without taking someone else along, at least. I am not saying the girl was inclined to know what to expect, but I think she was very foolish if she didn't question the request. Did the hotel call a massage parlor and ask her to go there, or what? I would think that someone along the way, like her boss or supervisor, or someone would question the request and make sure she was not alone, no matter who was asking for this at such a late hour in their hotel room.
Oh, his poor family. Daddy should have gotten out of the spotlight long ago.
I wonder how that Hope and Chakra are working out for him?
LMAO!!!!
While not quite as good(IMO), a quick search yielded this one:
This is not a capital murder case. You don't need PBARD as the standard for conviction. Preponderence of evidence is good enough.
Actually the actor playing the passenger in this classic Twilight Zone episode is James Broderick (1927-1982), father of Mathew Broderick.
Here’s a picture of the masseuse. She’s 54, not as young as most people think.
Actually the actor playing the passenger in this classic Twilight Zone episode is James Broderick (1927-1982), father of Mathew Broderick.
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