Sexual Harassment Allegations Levied Against Mississippi Lawmaker
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Mississippi’s House speaker says a key legislator who resigned Sunday was facing sexual harassment allegations.
Speaker Philip Gunn tells the Clarion Ledger that multiple women had complained about John Moore, who resigned from a House seat in Rankin County.
Moore had chaired the House Education Committee for six years.
Moore, who underwent heart bypass surgery earlier this year, cited health reasons in his resignation letter Friday.
He said Monday that he didn’t know of any complaints against him. Gunn, though, says Moore knew about the investigation.
Gunn said Monday that the House had hired a lawyer to handle the investigation, but says Moore’s resignation ended the House’s investigation.
Gunn says any further claims would have to be pursued in court.
The allegations were first reported by Mississippi Today.
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