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BOISE, Idaho A former Idaho legislative intern is suing a lawmaker who was convicted of raping her and one of his colleagues for publicly releasing the teens identity and launching a campaign of harassment against her.
The young woman, who uses the pseudonym Jane Doe in the federal lawsuit, was just 19 when she reported that then-Rep. Aaron von Ehlinger raped her at his apartment after the two had dinner at a Boise restaurant in March 2021. The Associated Press generally does not identify people who say they have been sexually assaulted.
In the lawsuit, Doe says von Ehlinger and then Rep. Priscilla Giddings, both Republicans, retaliated by publicly releasing her name, encouraging media outlets to publicize it, and lying about her. She is seeking unspecified monetary damages, according to her lawsuit.
Because of the release of Ms. Does identity, Ms. Doe has continually suffered public humiliation and harassment on social media and at public events, Does attorneys, Erika Birch and Guy Hallam, wrote in the lawsuit.
Giddings did not immediately respond to a request for comment. It is not clear if von Ehlinger has an attorney to represent him in the lawsuit; his criminal public defender did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/ex-intern-sues-idaho-lawmakers-harassing-rape-rcna74464
JudyM
(29,280 posts)multigraincracker
(32,727 posts)and find out.
Being a guy, I dont understand this.
forgotmylogin
(7,533 posts)I heard this report on NPR. Apparently he drove to the restaurant, then "had to swing by his place" for something where the rape took place. She said he made the "once I get going I can't stop" excuse that TFG likes to brag about.
There's no reason an adult man needs to take an intern to a private "work" dinner with nobody else in attendance, especially if she has no other transportation.
IronLionZion
(45,541 posts)2naSalit
(86,808 posts)This American Life last Saturday.
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/800/jane-doe
Totally the shitty kind of thing they do in Idaho. No separation of the mormon church and state. Women are chattel.
Kid Berwyn
(14,971 posts)Never associated rapists and their enablers with Idaho, Republicans yes.
ETA: von Ehlinger put a handgun on a nightstand as he assaulted the intern.
https://www.westernslopenow.com/news/jury-still-deliberating-in-rape-trial-of-idaho-ex-lawmaker/
FakeNoose
(32,777 posts)I hope she wins big bucks, and then leaves town and changes her name.
canetoad
(17,195 posts)Wearing a big crucifix.