LINCOLN- Sen. Adam Morfeld released a demand for a retraction against a Lincoln radio station for posting an article claiming, with evidence, that he was being investigated for sexual assault.
In a letter sent by Daniel Gutman, an attorney representing Morfeld and his campaign for Lancaster County Attorney, requests that KLIN, the radio station spouting the unsubstantiated claims, and one of its hosts Jack Riggins preserve the documents and communications leading up to the Friday afternoon show in which the allegations appeared.
Morfeld, a two-term state senator from Lincoln, said the allegations made by an unidentified woman were categorically false. "These are complete lies," said Morfeld just a day after the allegations were put forward, "As somebody who experienced sexual assault as a child, they are particularly painful."
Pat Condon, incumbent County Attorney and Morfeld's opponent, did not make any comments regarding the allegations.
The allegations put forth against Morfeld seem to have originated from a Facebook post by Matt Innis, a former chair of the Lancaster County GOP. In the post, Innis claimed to have heard about an investigation focusing on Morfeld from two sources inside LPD.
The Nebraska Freedom Coalition, a Republican PAC, called Morfeld to address the allegations in a news release.
An LPD spokesperson told the Lincoln Journal Star last Wednesday that "The Lincoln Police Department is not investigating a sexual assault allegation against Adam Morfeld."
Jack Riggins,a KLIN host, interviewed a woman who used the alias "Ruth" and claimed that Morfeld cornered, raped, and choked her in a bathroom. She went on to state that Morfeld threatened her if she told anyone.
"Ruth" did not specify the location at which the alleged assault took place, nor when, only telling Riggins that it took place "some time ago." She also claimed that the rumors of an investigation into Morfeld, started by Innis, had no relation to hers, but that she'd soon file a police report.
In response to this, Morfeld stated that "Allegations deserve to be investigated, but I will not stand by while baseless, undocumented, anonymous allegations are crerated by well-known political operatived an oponents." He went to say that his allegations were "[art of a broader false and defamatory narrative."
For the full article click HERE