Roy Moore defamation lawsuit against accusers is paused

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Kim Chandler, Associated Press Updated 6:48 pm CDT, Friday, August 16, 2019

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A judge has paused a defamation suit filed by Roy Moore against women who accused him during his unsuccessful U.S. Senate bid of past misconduct.

Circuit Judge Albert Johnson ruled last month case will be held on the administrative docket until a related defamation case against Moore by one of the women is resolved.

During Alabama's 2017 special Senate race, several women accused Moore of having pursued relationships with them decades ago when they were teens and he was in his 30s. Leigh Corfman said Moore sexually touched her in 1979 when she was 14 and he was a 32-year-old prosecutor.

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Moore said Friday he went to court to clear his name and the court's decision is "very unfair."

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Roy-Moore-defamation-lawsuit-against-accusers-is-14335372.php

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[Aristus]

1. I'm guessing the judge got passed a pretty thick envelope under the table...

[jberryhill]

3. Why?

You don't think it makes sense to adjudicate the victim's suit against him first?

Because a lot of the facts at issue in that suit are going to be relevant to his suit against others.

[Aristus]

4. Whoops! I mis-read that.

Sorry.

I thought the judge was halting the case against Roy Moore.

In this time of staggering injustice, I hope I can be forgiven for getting the wrong idea...

[jberryhill]

5. Oh

I thought maybe I was missing something

[cstanleytech]

10. Maybe I am misreading the article itself but from the sounds of it whats actually happening

is the judge is letting the woman who filed a case against Moore for defamation (which he has counter sued her for) to proceed first and if she wins it will largely make Moores case against her moot.

[iluvtennis]

2. F Roy Moore the the horse he rode in on. What an idiot. So glad Doug Jones beat him in 2018. nt

[murielm99]

6. Leave the horse out of it.

I saw how badly he was riding that poor horse. The beast was almost being tortured. Who taught that fool to ride?

[christx30]

7. Probably the same fool that forgot to teach him the all important lesson:

stick with women your own age.

[Judi Lynn]

8. Thank you for saying this. I'm no expert by any means at all, but it looked so strange to me....

Haven't been around horses, myself, but noticed he seems to have an odd attitude toward these beautiful animals.

It really bothered me, had no idea how it's done properly, but did feel they showed he isn't a very nice guy.

Thank you, again. When he finally shoves off, the horse world will probably give a sigh of relief.

[3Hotdogs]

9. When he does shove off, he will leave a constipated horse.

[iluvtennis]

16. OK, I agree that I shouldn't have disparaged the poor horse

[oldsoftie]

11. I cant believe he actually filed a suit. He's been saying it since before the election. LOSER

[Archae]

12. What bothers me about these stories...

No one ever mentions his being kicked off the Alabama supreme court, not once, but TWICE because of his "Christian" supremacy rabble-rousing.

[oldsoftie]

13. Yes, the "law & order" party was excusing HIS law breaking. Simple as that

[Schmice3]

14. Fan of Epstein's, no doubt. n/t

[bluedigger]

15. More likely a client.