Roy Moore files Complaint Claiming He Was Targeted By Political Conspiracy

[hlthe2b]

File this under "I've already purchased my popcorn"...


Roy Moore Files Complaint Claiming He Was Targeted By Political Conspiracy
He says his accusers planned to undermine his campaign.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/roy-moore-files-lawsuit_us_5ae778efe4b04aa23f2614b6

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In his complaint, filed in civil court in Etowah County, Alabama, Moore claims that his accusers shared a “common design” and planned their allegations to undermine his campaign. The complaint names four of Moore’s accusers ― Leigh Corfman, Debbie Wesson Gibson, Beverly Young Nelson and Tina Johnson ― as well as Richard Hagedorn, a reported friend of Corfman’s.

In a statement released on a campaign Facebook page, Moore’s attorney, Melissa Isaak, said the allegations against Moore “arose from a political conspiracy to destroy his personal reputation and defeat him in the special Senate election for United States Senate.”

Moore “has filed this action not only to hold accountable those who are guilty of slanderous and libelous conduct, but also to restore his good name, character, and reputation with the people of Alabama,” Isaak said.

Monday’s complaint claims the women’s allegations arose “coincidentally” roughly a month before the election and that Moore faced “no hint of scandal” in his years in public office prior to that.

[rzemanfl]

1. Clever of them to hire those young girls way back when.

Diabolical, actually.

[The Genealogist]

4. Probably friends of Doc Brown and Marty

Just hit 88 miles and hour and let the flux capacitor do the rest.

[Iliyah]

2. Oh my gosh. A mall stopped him from coming also years ago.

This guy is psycho . . .

[TomSlick]

3. This seems unwise.

Does Roy really want to go through discovery? I would expect he would not find it much fun.

Even if he was to win the lawsuit, what good would it do him? Defamation is not covered by an insurance policy and an uninsured judgment unlikely to be collected. His political aspirations are surely at an end. I don't understand the desired end-state.

[gratuitous]

5. Don't that beat all?

A rugged he-man action figure like Roy Moore, God's Own Judge, running to the courthouse because he lost a race? My, my, my.

[KG]

6. vast leftwing conspiracy?

[Volaris]

8. Lol the conspirators all got together and said:

Moores a filthy pedophile; maybe we should do whatever we can to keep his ass as far away from government as humanly possible.

And if that were a filthy lie, it wouldn't have gone anywhere.

[voteearlyvoteoften]

7. UGH

[BootinUp]

9. Roy! Can you say countersuit?

[Blue_true]

11. We need to keep an eye on this.

Moore is trying intimidation. If the people that he is targeting don't have money to hire lawyers, he could well win. No decent person can let that happen.

[NCTraveler]

10. Where can I file a complaint...

About the hundreds of thousands of people who voted for this guy?

[Insightus]

12. Isn't a "political conspiracy to defeat him in the election" more commonly known as a 'campaign'?

[TlalocW]

14. Yeah, I don't get that

"My opponent in this election is part of a conspiracy to defeat me in THIS election! This cannot stand!"

TlalocW

[red dog 1]

13. Kick!

At least two of Moore's victims already have lawyers.

Leigh Corfman, who's lawyer is Neil Roman, claims Moore sexually abused her when she was 14.

Beverly Nelson claims Moore sexually assaulted her in his car when she was 16
Her lawyer, Gloria Allred, declined to comment on Moore's lawsuit.

Could Roy Moore be "biting off more than he can chew"?