Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission
Rep. Jeff Hoover’s Lawyer Seeks To Depose Former Staffer About Assault Allegations
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A lawyer representing the accuser says she will appeal to a higher court to stop the deposition from taking place.
David Osborne
Kentucky Legislative Leaders Respond To Sexual Harassment, Assault Allegations
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House Speaker David Osborne said in a statement that he “takes all allegations of a hostile work environment seriously.”
Former Ky. Representative Resigns After Allegation Of Sexual Remark
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Former Rep. Brad Montell’s name was not associated with the sexual harassment scandal until KyCIR reported on the contents of the deposition. The woman said Montell made a sexually suggestive remark when she asked him to donate to a candidate she was working for.
Jeff Hoover
Kentucky Dems, GOP Respond To Sexual Harassment, Assault Allegations
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The Kentucky Democratic Party is calling for Republican state Reps. Jeff Hoover and Michael Meredith to resign in the wake of an investigation published Tuesday detailing testimony by a former staffer alleging sexual harassment by the lawmakers. The woman alleged that Hoover sexually assaulted her more than 50 times, and that Meredith screamed vulgar comments at her. The woman, identified in some court records as Jane Doe, made the allegations in a sealed deposition obtained by the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting and Kentucky Public Radio. In the 270-page document, the woman alleged that Hoover repeatedly groped her without her consent throughout her employment with the House Republican Caucus between 2015 and 2017.
Government
Former Staffer Alleges Sexual Assault, ‘Nearly Daily Touching’ By Ky. Rep. Jeff Hoover In Sealed Deposition
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Hoover, the former Speaker of the House, has said he exchanged inappropriate texts but denied any sexual contact. The staffer said under oath that Hoover sexually assaulted her.
Criminal Justice
More Louisville Catholic School Alums Allege Abuse By Coach
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Archdiocese of Louisville and parish school officials denied to KyCIR that they had any knowledge of the accusations against Drew Conliffe. They even denied knowing whether he coached at any parish school.
Criminal Justice
A Louisville Family Reported Sexual Abuse By A Coach. He Worked With Kids For 15 More Years
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Eric Flynn told police that a trusted coach was molesting him. The coach denied it, and continued to run a junior golf league. And he and his father, a former elected official, began writing checks.
Criminal Justice
Second Sexual Assault Investigation Of Rep. Dan Johnson Brought Few New Details
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A case file released by LMPD last week shows that, even after the case was reopened, detectives did little investigating until the day before KyCIR published a sweeping investigation of Dan Johnson.
After Animal Cruelty Charges, Why Does Trixie Foundation Still Have Hundreds of Animals?
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Our investigation found that the Trixie Foundation’s owner has been enabled by Kentucky’s woefully weak animal protection laws, by lax worker-safety enforcement and by the unwillingness of public officials to demand that he provide better care for his dogs and cats.
Government
The Government Rebuilt Dan Johnson’s Church. Now It’s Foreclosing On It
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Heart of Fire was rebuilt through an arson relief program run by the federal government, and now the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has obtained a court order to sell the church.