The digging continues.  Remember that Tipper leaving him was likely no 
accident.


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http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/al-gore-sex-abuse-case-reopened-
portland/story?id=11059203

Portland Police Reopen Al Gore Sex Abuse Allegations

Masseuse Claimed Former Vice President Subjected Her to 'Unwanted Sexual 
Touching' in 2006

  Portland, Oregon , police have decided to reopen the investigation 
into a 54-year-old masseuse's allegations that former Vice President Al 
Gore sexually assaulted her in his hotel room in 2006. 

"The Portland Police Bureau has made the decision to re-open the case 
regarding the allegations brought forward against Mr. Al Gore," a 
statement posted on the Portland Police Bureau's website this evening 
said. 

"Consistent with our policy regarding open investigations, the Police 
Bureau will not be commenting on any additional specifics regarding this 
case at this time," it said. 

A family spokeswoman said today that the Gores welcomed the new 
investigation. 

"Further investigation into this matter will only benefit Mr. Gore," 
Kalee Kreider said. "The Gores cannot comment on every defamatory, 
misleading, and inaccurate story generated by tabloids. Mr. Gore 
unequivocally and emphatically denied this accusation when he first 
learned of its existence three years ago. He stands by that denial." 

The allegations surfaced last week, when the National Enquirer reported 
on the story, but on June 23 authorities in Portland said they had 
investigated the woman's complaints and that the case was closed for 
insufficient evidence. 

The Multnomah County district attorney said the woman, who was not 
identified by name, had refused to cooperate with police after her 
attorney made the initial complaint six weeks after the alleged 
incident. 

A spokesperson for the former vice president said then that the family 
had no comment on the case. 

According to a 73-page "Confidential Special Report" made public by 
authorities on June 23, the "licensed massage therapist" stated she was 
summoned to a suite at the upscale Lucia Hotel at the request of a 
guest, where "during the course of this massage session Al Gore did 
sexually assault me in his room." 

In a detailed statement given to police more than two years after the 
alleged incident the woman described her surprise at arriving for the 
VIP massage appointment to find Al Gore drinking beer and opening his 
arms in a hug saying "Call Me Al."

But she said her VIP client later turned "angry and threatening" when 
she resisted Gore's efforts to force her hand to his inner thigh and 
lower abdominal area during the massage and then attempted to rip her 
clothes as she struggled against him, she told police. 

Gore "flipped me flat on my back and threw his whole body face down over 
atop me pinning me down and outweighing me by quite a bit," injuring her 
back and legs, she claimed. "He kept trying to have sex with me," said 
the woman, who described the situation as "frightening." 

According to the report, the woman said Gore booked the appointment 
using the pseudonym "Mr. Stone." 

In a statement accompanying the report, Portland Police said that after 
initially refusing to cooperate in early 2007, the masseuse returned in 
2009, finally offering to be interviewed by investigators, bringing a 
prepared statement and the clothes she said she had worn that night as 
evidence. 

Police said investigators did not collect the clothes she offered at 
that time because "they did not feel there was any evidentiary value" to 
them, and the case was "not investigated further because detectives 
concluded there was insufficient evidence to support the allegations." 

There was no indication in the report the police ever interviewed Gore 
about the allegations. 

The district attorney's office said it only learned on June 23 of the 
follow-up 2009 investigation when it received the 73-page report 
released to the media. 

"If the complainant and the Portland Police Bureau wish to pursue the 
possibility of a criminal prosecution, additional investigation by the 
Bureau will be necessary and will be discussed with the Portland Police 
Bureau," said the district attorney's office.

The allegations were first reported by the National Enquirer, which 
frequently pays news subjects for their first-hand stories. 

The Portland Tribune said it had investigated the allegations in 2007 
after receiving the police report through a public records request but 
chose not to publish a story because it said attorneys for the former 
vice president categorically denied the charges. 

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