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[PA] State senator facing sexual assault allegation files lawsuit against accuser
WGAL News 8 ^ | 28 January A.D. 2019 | Staff

Posted on 01/28/2019 6:35:53 PM PST by lightman

HARRISBURG, Pa. —

A Pennsylvania state senator who was accused of sexual assault and asked to resign by the governor is now suing the accuser.

Sen. Daylin Leach filed a defamation lawsuit Monday against a woman who said Leach sexually assaulted her in 1991, when she was

Leach was an attorney at the time and represented the woman's mother in an attempted murder trial.

In the defamation suit, the woman is said to have "publish(ed), republish(ed), and widely disseminate(d) a salacious and despicable falsehood."

Last week, WGAL reported that state Senate Democrats launched an internal investigation into the complaint against Leach.

On Monday, state Rep. Brian Ellis, another lawmaker accused of sexual assault, was granted a one-week leave of absence from the House.

A woman said Ellis sexually assaulted her when she was drugged at his Harrisburg residence in 2015.

The governor also asked Ellis to step down.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: brianellis; dauphincounty; daylinleach; democrat; falseaccusation; harrisburg; metoo; montgomerycounty; pennsylvania; waronwomen
About time the #MeToo gold diggers face the music.
1 posted on 01/28/2019 6:35:53 PM PST by lightman
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
...state Senate Democrats launched an internal investigation into the complaint against Leach. On Monday, state Rep. Brian Ellis, another lawmaker accused of sexual assault...
The Demagogic Party in the PA Senate will not do any kind of real investigation; meanwhile the Pubbie has been removed from committees, asked to resign by both his fellow Pubbies and by the (D?) Governor.

2 posted on 01/28/2019 6:41:53 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: lightman

No mention of party... means he’s a Democrat. Looks really pervy.


3 posted on 01/28/2019 6:43:00 PM PST by dangus ("The floor of Hell is paved with the skulls of bishops" -- St. Athanasius)
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To: lightman
I don't have the first clue if this accusation is legit or not but if,by chance,it isn't it would be damned difficult to defend himself. There are reasons why there's a “statute of limitations” on most crimes...the most important (IMO) being the difficulty of proving innocence.

And yes,I know that the defendant doesn't have to prove anything but that's what truly innocent defendants always want to do.

4 posted on 01/28/2019 6:43:06 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Mitt Romney: Bringing Massachusetts Values To The Great State Of Utah.)
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To: lightman

“Leach was an attorney at the time and represented the woman’s mother in an attempted murder trial.”

If true...that’s just disgusting.


5 posted on 01/28/2019 6:57:54 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: lightman

It is pronouncec (and I always specify it as) “pound me too.”


6 posted on 01/28/2019 7:17:14 PM PST by freedumb2003 (As always IMHO)
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To: lightman

He’s a Democrat. Time for Democrats to own up to their misbehavior. Democrat men are waging a war on women. 8>)


7 posted on 01/28/2019 7:57:57 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: lightman

“Leach”

Perfect name for a democrat, isn’t it... just replace the “a” with another “e”.


8 posted on 01/28/2019 9:02:27 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: lightman

Allegation from 28 years ago.

The accuser is a convicted perjurer.

Could be a hit job by another Dem, who wants him out of their way.


9 posted on 01/28/2019 9:02:33 PM PST by BeauBo
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To: dangus

“...means he’s a Democrat. ...”

He is.


10 posted on 01/28/2019 9:03:07 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: dangus

More piss-poor reporting or deliberate cover up misinformation.

FREEREPUBLIC should set up a SUBSITE where Freepers can reprint/reproduce articles like these and show where the bias/misinformation/disinformation is (with facts).


11 posted on 01/28/2019 9:19:56 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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Leach was the guy that pimped out his daughter at a Hillary Clinton rally to try and make Trump look bad.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2016/10/05/confirmed-clinton-campaign-used-child-actor-in-stagedscripted-town-hall/
12 posted on 01/29/2019 6:45:47 AM PST by Kid Shelleen ((Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong))
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