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In this photo, former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks at a rally, in Fairhope, Ala. According to a Washington Post story Nov. 9, an
Alabama woman said Moore made inappropriate advances and had sexual contact with her when she was 14.
(AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Moore Defiant as GOP Sees Alabama Senate Seat at Risk

By STEVE PEOPLES GOP leaders that a once-safe Sen- agers decades earlier as “com- He added: “I don’t remember ever
KIMBERLY CHANDLER ate seat was in jeopardy just a pletely false and misleading.” dating any girl without the permis-
Associated Press month before a special election. In an interview with conservative sion of her mother.” As for the en-
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — His par- Moore, an outspoken Christian radio host Sean Hannity, he did not counter with 14-year-old Leigh Cor-
ty suddenly and bitingly divided, conservative and former state Su- wholly rule out dating teenage girls fman, as described by Corfman in
Alabama Republican Roy Moore preme Court judge, attacked a when he was in his early 30s. Thursday’s Post article, he said, “It
emphatically rejected increasing Washington Post report that he had Asked if that would have been usu- never happened.”
pressure to abandon his Senate sexual contact with a 14-year-old al for him, Moore said, “Not gener-
bid on Friday as fears grew among girl and pursued three other teen- ally, no.” Continued on Page 4