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.
dan johnson
Family, Friends Gather At Heart Of Fire Church To Remember Rep. Dan Johnson
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As friends and family gathered at the Heart of Fire Church in Louisville’s Fern Creek neighborhood, the front lawn became a parking lot to accommodate hundreds of Johnson’s mourners, many of whom rode in on motorcycles.
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Kentucky Lawmakers Mourn The Death Of Rep. Dan Johnson After Suicide
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Kentucky State Rep. Dan Johnson’s suicide following sexual assault allegations has Frankfort reeling.
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Kentucky State Rep. Dan Johnson Commits Suicide In Bullitt County
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State Rep. Dan Johnson committed suicide Wednesday evening, two days after the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting published accusations that he sexually assaulted a minor. Johnson was a preacher from Mt. Washington in Bullitt County. He shot himself on a bridge over the Salt River, according to WDRB. Johnson posted a suicide note on Facebook Wednesday evening calling the accusations false and telling conservatives to “take a stand.”
“AMERICA will not survive this type of judge and jury fake news,” Johnson wrote.
Government
Gov. Bevin: Rep. Dan Johnson Is ‘An Embarrassment,’ But Won’t Call For Resignation
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A day after both of Kentucky’s major political parties called for Rep. Dan Johnson to resign amid sexual assault allegations, Gov. Matt Bevin says he’s still reviewing the story and hasn’t formed an opinion on the matter.
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Rep. Dan Johnson Accused Of Molestation. Both State Political Parties Call For Resignation
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A Republican state representative from Bullitt County has been accused of sexually abusing a girl in his church, among other misdeeds, in a new investigative report from the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting and Louisville Public Media.