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By not in system - AOL News(July 31) -- Citing a "lack of credible evidence," including conflicting witness statements, the Portland area District Attorney on Friday declined to charge Vice President Al Gore with sexual misconduct as alleged by Oregon masseuse Molly Hagerty. ...
Al Gore's March of the Masseuses
By Annie Groer - Politics DailyFormer Vice President Al Gore's "march of the hotel masseuses" has begun across the front page of the National Enquirer. First came Oregon massage therapist Molly Hagerty, 54, whose recent Enquirer allegations of groping and forced kissing by Gore, 62, in 2006 prompted Portland police to reopen their probe earlier this month. They initially closed the case last year for insufficient evidence. Hagerty initially refused to cooperate in 2007 but changed her mind in January 2009, when she gave police a lengthy statement. Now two more masseuses are being depicted as objects of Gore's unwanted ...
Al Gore as Allegory: Nothing in Moderation
By Melinda Henneberger - Politics DailyAl Gore, Nobel Laureate and alleged "crazed sex poodle" has surely consulted an astrologer at some point in his highly eventful 62 years, and if she was any good at all she told him, "You have quite an unusual chart here, Senator. No, really." He's been up, down, out and then in, denied the presidency but redeemed . . . by Hollywood, where he'd never before been beloved. Perhaps most improbably, after being mocked throughout his life as too beige, too careful, and all too maddeningly perfect, the guy who as a kid on a field trip approached his teacher and inquired, "Sir, is it the time to be ...
Al Gore, Bill Clinton, and Questions of Character
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyWhen he opened his White House bid in Carthage, Tenn., Al Gore proclaimed, "I will take my own values of faith and family to the presidency -- to build an America that is not only better off, but better." It was mid-June 1999. Just four months earlier, the Senate had ended the sordid, year-long Monica Lewinsky scandal by acquitting President Clinton of charges stemming from the affair. No wonder Gore felt called on to remind people about the difference between his morals and Clinton's. I wrote back then for USA Today that he alluded a half dozen times to values and character and the need to ...
Al Gore Case: Police Cite 'Procedural Issues' in Reopening Investigation
By Annie Groer - Politics DailyPortland police decided to revisit a masseuse's complaint that Al Gore sexually assaulted her in 2006 because "there were procedural issues with the 2009 investigation that merit re-opening the case," according to a police department press release issued Thursday. The release does not specify what the "procedural issues" were, but it implies high-level police should have been brought in on the case, and were not. "There should have been command level review at the time on the specifics of this case and decisions on whether the investigation should go forward," the release states. Molly ...
Police Explain Reasons for Reopening Gore Case
By not in system - AOL NewsPORTLAND, Ore. (July 2) -- Police explained Thursday why they reopened a sexual assault investigation into Al Gore, saying an extra review was needed because detectives looking into the matter last year failed to notify high-ranking officials of their decision to drop the case. A massage therapist to the stars has accused the former vice president of repeatedly groping and kissing her during a late-night, alcohol-fueled attack in a luxury hotel suite in October 2006. Gore adamantly denies the allegations. Detectives investigated the claims in 2006 and 2009 but decided not to pursue the case ...
4 Biggest Problems With Molly Hagerty's Al Gore Harassment Claim
By David Knowles - AOL NewsPolice in Portland, Ore., announced today that they are reopening the investigation into allegations of sex abuse against former Vice President Al Gore. The accusation of unwanted sexual contact came from licensed massage therapist Molly Hagerty, who was called to the former vice president's hotel room at approximately 4 a.m. on Oct. 24, 2006. Gore says he received a massage from Hagerty, but denies acting inappropriately. Hagerty says Gore repeatedly forced himself upon her, despite her protestations. Though the police have reopened their investigation, after initially taking up the ...
Probe Into Gore Groping Accusation Reopened
By not in system - AOL News(July 1) -- Portland police have re-opened an investigation into allegations made last year by a massage therapist that former Vice President Al Gore groped and kissed her and made unwelcome sexual advances in an upscale hotel suite late one night in October 2006. The Portland Police Bureau did not explain why the case was being re-opened, after stating last week there had been insufficient evidence to pursue it. However, in the past seven days, the allegations by masseuse Molly Hagerty, 54, have been trumpeted in a pair of National Enquirer stories. ...
Molly Hagerty Goes Public, Calls Al Gore a 'Sexual Predator' in National Enquirer
By Annie Groer - Politics DailyPortland police have re-opened an investigation into allegations made last year by a massage therapist that former Vice President Al Gore groped and kissed her and made unwelcome sexual advances in an upscale hotel suite late one night in October 2006. The Portland Police Bureau did not explain why the case was being re-opened now, after stating last week there had been insufficient evidence to pursue it. However in the past seven days, the allegations by masseuse Molly Hagerty, 54, have been trumpeted in a pair of National Enquirer stories. "I want justice served," Hagerty told the ...
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