Renacci issues statement from lawyer alleging Sherrod Brown made advances against woman (trunc)

Cleveland.com ^ | 10/18/2018 | Andrew J. Tobias

[grayboots]

Rep. Jim Renacci's Senate campaign issued a news release late Thursday that he said depicted an unnamed woman's story of an "unwanted and sudden advance" from Sen. Sherrod Brown in the late 1980s.

The release includes a lengthy statement from Laura Mills, a Canton attorney and former Renacci business partner and political donor. In the statement, Mills says the woman told her friend about the encounter as the MeToo movement unfolded. It occurred while the woman was alone with Brown, who was divorced at the time, through her work, Mills said. The friend then contacted the Renacci campaign, which referred the woman to Mills, the statement says.

The statement does not provide a date, a location, supporting evidence or identify the woman, but describes her as "a very credible source and a professional woman." It comes a day after Renacci told reporters and editors with the Cincinnati Enquirer that he'd heard from "multiple women" with abuse allegations against Brown, while providing no additional details or supporting evidence.

[Candor7]

At first she thought she would like it, gave consent and then changed her mind after the fact?

Well , who knows?

We will never know.

Due process is out the window.

As usual, one rule for Dems and another for Pubs.

[Dana1960]

Originally from Ohio and I can tell you that Sherrod Brown was always a scumbag. He kept running for offices until he finally won one and seemingly cleaned up his act. Marrying 2nd wife Connie Schultz gave him a bit of gravitas, as she was a well respected, albeit lefty writer in the Plain Dealer.