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Judi Lynn

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Thu Jun 16, 2016, 01:45 AM Jun 2016

Accuser testimony continues in senator sex assault case

Source: Associated Press

Accuser testimony continues in senator sex assault case

Dave Gram, Associated Press

Updated 12:10 am, Thursday, June 16, 2016



ST. ALBANS, Vt. (AP) — A woman accusing a suspended Vermont state senator of repeatedly sexually assaulting her is due back on the witness stand Thursday in the lawmaker's sexual assault trial for more cross-examination.

Sen. Norman McAllister, on trial on two counts of sexual assault, sat stoically at the defense table on the trial's first day Wednesday as the 21-year-old woman testified that he forced her to have oral sex in a barn at his farm and intercourse at his home.

The trial is expected to include testimony from some of McAllister's legislative colleagues.

He also faces another trial in the case this fall on sex offenses involving two other women.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Accuser-testimony-continues-in-senator-sex-8226474.php

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