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   Seattle Mayor Ed Murray is being sued by a man who claims Murray   
   "raped and molested him" three decades ago, when the man was 15   
   years old.   
      
   The mayor held a brief news conference Friday to deny the   
   allegations.   
      
   "To be on the receiving end of such untrue allegations is very   
   painful for me. It is painful for my husband and for those who   
   are close to us," he told reporters. "I understand the person   
   making these accusations is troubled, and that makes me sad as   
   well."   
      
   The Seattle Times has investigated this claim in depth, along   
   with the stories of two other men who also say Murray abused   
   them when they were young. According to the Times report, too   
   much time has passed to file criminal charges, but the same is   
   not true for a civil suit.   
      
   Earlier in the week, the mayor's spokesman said the suit was   
   politically motivated. "It is not a coincidence that this   
   shakedown effort comes within weeks of the campaign filing   
   deadline," Jeff Reading said in a statement reported by The   
   Associated Press.   
      
   Murray, 61, is a progressive mayor, and has been serving in that   
   role since 2014. He had previously served in the state   
   legislature for 18 years, where he led a long campaign to   
   legalize same-sex marriage in Washington. As mayor, he pushed   
   through a measure to raise Seattle's minimum wage to $15 an hour.   
      
   "Things have never come easy to me in life but I have never   
   backed down and I will not back down now," Murray said in his   
   news conference. "I will continue to be mayor of this city. I   
   will continue to run for re-election."   
      
   He declined to take questions, saying this is now a matter for   
   the courts to resolve.   
      
   http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-   
   way/2017/04/08/523116134/lawsuit-alleges-seattle-mayor-ed-murray-   
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