The digging continues.  Remember that Tipper leaving him was likely no    
   accident.   
      
      
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   http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/al-gore-sex-abuse-case-reopened-   
   portland/story?id=11059203   
      
   Portland Police Reopen Al Gore Sex Abuse Allegations   
      
   Masseuse Claimed Former Vice President Subjected Her to 'Unwanted Sexual    
   Touching' in 2006   
      
     Portland, Oregon , police have decided to reopen the investigation    
   into a 54-year-old masseuse's allegations that former Vice President Al    
   Gore sexually assaulted her in his hotel room in 2006.    
      
   "The Portland Police Bureau has made the decision to re-open the case    
   regarding the allegations brought forward against Mr. Al Gore," a    
   statement posted on the Portland Police Bureau's website this evening    
   said.    
      
   "Consistent with our policy regarding open investigations, the Police    
   Bureau will not be commenting on any additional specifics regarding this    
   case at this time," it said.    
      
   A family spokeswoman said today that the Gores welcomed the new    
   investigation.    
      
   "Further investigation into this matter will only benefit Mr. Gore,"    
   Kalee Kreider said. "The Gores cannot comment on every defamatory,    
   misleading, and inaccurate story generated by tabloids. Mr. Gore    
   unequivocally and emphatically denied this accusation when he first    
   learned of its existence three years ago. He stands by that denial."    
      
   The allegations surfaced last week, when the National Enquirer reported    
   on the story, but on June 23 authorities in Portland said they had    
   investigated the woman's complaints and that the case was closed for    
   insufficient evidence.    
      
   The Multnomah County district attorney said the woman, who was not    
   identified by name, had refused to cooperate with police after her    
   attorney made the initial complaint six weeks after the alleged    
   incident.    
      
   A spokesperson for the former vice president said then that the family    
   had no comment on the case.    
      
   According to a 73-page "Confidential Special Report" made public by    
   authorities on June 23, the "licensed massage therapist" stated she was    
   summoned to a suite at the upscale Lucia Hotel at the request of a    
   guest, where "during the course of this massage session Al Gore did    
   sexually assault me in his room."    
      
   In a detailed statement given to police more than two years after the    
   alleged incident the woman described her surprise at arriving for the    
   VIP massage appointment to find Al Gore drinking beer and opening his    
   arms in a hug saying "Call Me Al."   
      
   But she said her VIP client later turned "angry and threatening" when    
   she resisted Gore's efforts to force her hand to his inner thigh and    
   lower abdominal area during the massage and then attempted to rip her    
   clothes as she struggled against him, she told police.    
      
   Gore "flipped me flat on my back and threw his whole body face down over    
   atop me pinning me down and outweighing me by quite a bit," injuring her    
   back and legs, she claimed. "He kept trying to have sex with me," said    
   the woman, who described the situation as "frightening."    
      
   According to the report, the woman said Gore booked the appointment    
   using the pseudonym "Mr. Stone."    
      
   In a statement accompanying the report, Portland Police said that after    
   initially refusing to cooperate in early 2007, the masseuse returned in    
   2009, finally offering to be interviewed by investigators, bringing a    
   prepared statement and the clothes she said she had worn that night as    
   evidence.    
      
   Police said investigators did not collect the clothes she offered at    
   that time because "they did not feel there was any evidentiary value" to    
   them, and the case was "not investigated further because detectives    
   concluded there was insufficient evidence to support the allegations."    
      
   There was no indication in the report the police ever interviewed Gore    
   about the allegations.    
      
   The district attorney's office said it only learned on June 23 of the    
   follow-up 2009 investigation when it received the 73-page report    
   released to the media.    
      
   "If the complainant and the Portland Police Bureau wish to pursue the    
   possibility of a criminal prosecution, additional investigation by the    
   Bureau will be necessary and will be discussed with the Portland Police    
   Bureau," said the district attorney's office.   
      
   The allegations were first reported by the National Enquirer, which    
   frequently pays news subjects for their first-hand stories.    
      
   The Portland Tribune said it had investigated the allegations in 2007    
   after receiving the police report through a public records request but    
   chose not to publish a story because it said attorneys for the former    
   vice president categorically denied the charges.    
      
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