Kentucky lawmaker who ran for governor faces assault charge
Source: Associated Press
Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press
Updated 11:58 am CDT, Tuesday, April 21, 2020
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Republican lawmaker who ran for Kentucky governor last year was arrested Tuesday after a woman accused him of choking her with an ethernet cable and trying to “hog tie" her during a domestic dispute.
State Rep. Robert Goforth was arrested by the Laurel County sheriff’s office on charges of strangulation, fourth-degree assault and terroristic threatening, Sheriff John Root said.
Goforth was arrested early Tuesday after a woman told authorities that he assaulted her while three small children were in the home, Root said. The woman had “visible marks” on her forehead, neck and arms, and bruises on her leg when she went to the 911 Dispatch Center in London, Kentucky, to file her report, the sheriff said.
The woman said she fled after Goforth made several attempts to “hog tie her," according to the citation. Goforth allegedly strangled her with an ethernet cable to the point where she said she had difficulty breathing and thought she was going to pass out, the citation said.
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Too bad Bevin lost; he'd have ponied up a pardon.
