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A New York authorities senator is pushing backmost against a instrumentality helium primitively voted for amid his ain combat against accusations of rape, arguing present that the instrumentality is unconstitutional.
Democratic State Sen. Kevin Parker argued successful a tribunal filing earlier this period that the Adult Survivors Act, a instrumentality that helium voted successful favour of, was unconstitutional, according to a study from the New York Post.
Parker’s statement comes arsenic helium faces a suit implicit allegations helium raped Olga Jean-Baptiste successful 2004 portion the 2 were moving unneurotic connected Haiti alleviation efforts, accusations that Parker has denied.
NEW YORK SENATE DEM FACES RAPE ALLEGATIONS IN LAWSUIT: 'EXTREMELY DISTURBING'
State Senator Kevin Parker speaks portion Gov. Kathy Hochul signs bills to fortify New York's committedness to cleanable vigor improvement and vigor efficiency, portion reducing greenhouse state emissions astatine Newlab Headquarters astatine Brooklyn Navy Yard. (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
The suit was allowed to determination forward thanks to the 2021 Adult Survivors Act, which allowed alleged victims to record civilian lawsuits wrong a definite model of clip adjacent if the statute of limitations had tally out. The suit against Parker implicit the 2004 allegations was filed successful November 2023, conscionable wrong the model created by the law.
The aforesaid instrumentality was utilized by E. Jean Carroll successful a 2022 suit against former President Trump, whom Carroll claimed had sexually assaulted her successful 1995 oregon 1996, erstwhile the 2 met extracurricular a New York City section store.
Parker, who voted successful favour of the since-expired instrumentality successful 2021, highlighted that ballot erstwhile the rape suit was filed against him past year, arguing that helium "voted successful favor" of the instrumentality successful bid to "ensure each New Yorkers tin question justness and beryllium heard."
"These allegations are perfectly untrue," Parker said astatine the time. "My enactment and advocacy volition continue."
New York State Senator Kevin Parker speaks during a property league announcing authorities to betterment constabulary usage of unit laws successful Manhattan connected May 21, 2021 successful New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Parker has agelong been a arguable fig for his evident temper, the New York Post reported, noting a 2005 misdemeanor battle complaint the lawmaker received aft punching a New York City postulation officer successful the look aft the serviceman wrote him a summons for double-parking.
In 2009, Parker was arrested and charged with felony transgression mischief and battle aft chasing a New York Post lensman and damaging the photographer’s camera and breaking his finger, according to a study from the New York Times.
NY State Sen. Kevin Parker, D- Brooklyn, stands astatine the podium, flanked by Senate members during a quality league astatine the Capitol successful Albany, New York. Parker has been accused successful a suit of raping a pistillate aboriginal successful his legislative vocation erstwhile helium went to her location to sermon catastrophe alleviation efforts for Haiti. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)
He was yet recovered blameworthy of misdemeanor transgression mischief charges and ordered to instrumentality anger-management classes, the New York Post study notes.
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Parker is being represented successful the lawsuit by lawyer Lonnie Hart Jr., who did not instantly instrumentality a Fox News Digital petition for comment. Parker’s bureau did not instantly respond to a Fox News Digital petition for comment.
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