The following post by Eric Garcia and Bridget Bowman was posted on the Roll Call website November 9, 2017:
Ala. candidate initiated sexual encounter with girl, reports say
Updated 3:17 p.m. | Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore is accused of initiating a sexual encounter with a 14-year-old girl when he was 32, according to The Washington Post.
“If these allegations are true, he must step aside,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday.
Leigh Corfman said she was approached by Moore in 1979 outside an Alabama courtroom in Etowah County and exchanged numbers with him.
Later, he drove her to his house and kissed her, she said. In another encounter, Corfman said Moore took off his clothes and undressed her while she touched his underwear.
“I wanted it over with — I wanted out,” she told the Post.
Two of Corfman’s friends said she told them at the time. Continue reading “McConnell: Moore Must Step Aside If Allegations True”