“Isn't she a beautiful Republican?".
Eagle Tribune
It’s never pretty when law and party politics intersect, and the case-of-the-courthouse-bear-hug is no exception.
The two protagonists in this tawdry tale are Robert LeBlanc, a defense lawyer and Democratic activist and defense lawyer Pamela Saia-Rogers, 39, a Republican activist.
Maybe LeBlanc was just being friendly. Perhaps—like other Democrats—LeBlanc was rubbing in the 2008 election results with his local party rival. Pamela Saia-Rogers, 39, tough, asserted in a complaint to the state bar that LeBlanc grabbed her in a from behind “bear hug” while uttering the words “Isn't she a beautiful Republican?'".
She further told the bar that she felt “embarrassed and violated, but kept her composure due to the work setting [she] was in."
The bar took no action, so Saia-Rogers (as Emeril would say) “kicked it up a notch” by augmenting her description of the incident—this time to the police—that the “bear hug” included a “crotch press”—elevating her charge into something sexual.
Oh, by the way, did we mention that when—three months later— Saia-Rogers marched into the police department to allege the never-before-claimed sexual assault she was accompanied by her husband, police Lt. John Rogers?
And what a surprise! Despite the lack of any verbal objection or outward indication that she took offense at the time, the change in story, and the three month delay in reporting the incident to police, Robert LeBlanc was charged with the crime of sexual assault. (Noooo, the insistance of her POLICE lieutenant HUSBAND that LeBlanc be charged had nothing to do with charging him. No way. Cops, even cops from neighboring police departments are neeever influenced by demands by high ranking cops in reference to their wives--no way dude!)
Yesterday, a magistrate judge ruled that there was no probable cause to proceed on a charge of sexual assault, but also held that LeBlanc must be arraigned on a simple battery charge.
We agree, but somehow doubt that the dropping of criminal charges will end the matter—predicting a third round in civil court as the next stop. These people are, after all, lawyers.
It’s never pretty when law and party politics intersect, and the case-of-the-courthouse-bear-hug is no exception.
The two protagonists in this tawdry tale are Robert LeBlanc, a defense lawyer and Democratic activist and defense lawyer Pamela Saia-Rogers, 39, a Republican activist.
Maybe LeBlanc was just being friendly. Perhaps—like other Democrats—LeBlanc was rubbing in the 2008 election results with his local party rival. Pamela Saia-Rogers, 39, tough, asserted in a complaint to the state bar that LeBlanc grabbed her in a from behind “bear hug” while uttering the words “Isn't she a beautiful Republican?'".
She further told the bar that she felt “embarrassed and violated, but kept her composure due to the work setting [she] was in."
The bar took no action, so Saia-Rogers (as Emeril would say) “kicked it up a notch” by augmenting her description of the incident—this time to the police—that the “bear hug” included a “crotch press”—elevating her charge into something sexual.
Oh, by the way, did we mention that when—three months later— Saia-Rogers marched into the police department to allege the never-before-claimed sexual assault she was accompanied by her husband, police Lt. John Rogers?
And what a surprise! Despite the lack of any verbal objection or outward indication that she took offense at the time, the change in story, and the three month delay in reporting the incident to police, Robert LeBlanc was charged with the crime of sexual assault. (Noooo, the insistance of her POLICE lieutenant HUSBAND that LeBlanc be charged had nothing to do with charging him. No way. Cops, even cops from neighboring police departments are neeever influenced by demands by high ranking cops in reference to their wives--no way dude!)
Yesterday, a magistrate judge ruled that there was no probable cause to proceed on a charge of sexual assault, but also held that LeBlanc must be arraigned on a simple battery charge.
"I'm confident at the end of the day I will be vindicated, as I was yesterday," LeBlanc said."
We agree, but somehow doubt that the dropping of criminal charges will end the matter—predicting a third round in civil court as the next stop. These people are, after all, lawyers.
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