Failed senator Roy Moore has sent an email begging supporters for money to help fight a court battle against one of the women who accused him of sex assault.
Moore, who lost the Alabama seat to Doug Jones after being accused of attacking multiple women while they were teenagers, said in the message that the legal battle may cost him $250,000.
The email adds that Moore has ‘very limited’ resources to fight the defamation lawsuit brought by Leigh Corfman, who says Moore molested her when she was 14.
Roy Moore has sent an email to supporters begging for $250,000 to fight a defamation lawsuit brought by sex assault accuser Leigh Corfman
Corfman, who says Moore attacker her in 1979 when she was 14, has filed a defamation lawsuit against Moore after he branded her a ‘liar’ and ‘immoral’
Corfman filed suit against Moore and his campaign earlier this month for calling her a ‘liar’ and ‘immoral’ as the politician denied her claims.
The suit says she wants Moore to stop trashing her name in public and seeks legal costs, but does not seek damages.
Corfman said it was early in 1979 when Moore, then a 32-year-old assistant district attorney, touched her sexually during an encounter.
She says that Moore first approached her as she waited outside a custody hearing at the Etowah County courthouse and that she later met Moore before he took her to his home.
While there Moore took off Corfman’s shirt and pants and removed his clothes except for his underwear before touching her over her bra and underpants, she says.
Two of Corman’s friends from the time recall that she mentioned seeing an older man, with one saying she identified that man as Moore.
Corman also told her mother about the encounter a year later as Moore was becoming known as a judge.
Despite being backed by the RNC and President Trump, Moore lost the Alabama senate race to Doug Jones, marking the first time in 25 years that a Democrat has held the seat
Corfman says Moore took her to his home where he removed her clothes and fondled her on top of her bra and underwear. He denies the claims
After she came forward with the allegations, his campaign issued a statement saying: ‘We look forward to transparently discussing these matters in a court of law.’
Moore’s campaign was roiled by the accusations as he sought the U.S. Senate seat previously held by Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
Moore, who was backed by the RNC and President Trump, lost the race to Doug Jones, the first Alabama Democrat elected to the U.S. Senate in 25 years.
The lawsuit was filed a day after Jones was sworn in as a member of the Senate.
The lawsuit cites numerous statements made by Moore and his campaign staff and surrogates denying the allegations and accusing her of not telling the truth.
Moore on several occasions denied knowing Corfman. In a church speech, he dismissed the misconduct allegations against him as ‘dirty politics.’
Moore, who filed an unsuccessful lawsuit seeking to stop the certification of the Alabama election, submitted an affidavit saying the accusations were false and malicious and that he passed a polygraph test.
‘Mr. Moore’s continued attacks against Ms. Corfman after the election and the content of his affidavit demonstrate that if not enjoined, he will continue to defame Ms. Corfman, if simply for the purpose of furthering his political goals,’ Corfman’s attorney wrote in the lawsuit.