https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.al.com/news/2015/02/alabama_secretary_of_state_den.html%3foutputType=amp
..."The allegations stem from a deposition in the divorce of a Tuscaloosa area couple. Merrill, married 29 years, was not a witness in that proceeding. But one issue examined in a sworn deposition is the relationship between the woman in the couple and Merrill, which included a brief sexual encounter.
When excerpts from the deposition circulated anew over recent weeks, a reporter from AL.com contacted Merrill about them. Merrill came to AL.com office in Birmingham on Feb. 3 and met with four journalists. He discussed the situation in detail and freely answered questions about it. Merrill said the woman's assertion that they had a consensual encounter in September 2010 is correct. But he said, she was the aggressor, taking him by surprise, and he denied it went as far as her performing oral sex on him, as she testified.
Merrill said that he and the woman kissed, she unbuttoned his shirt, undid his belt, fondled him, and then he stopped her from going further. She testified that they both had clothing partially removed, they touched one another sexually and she performed oral sex on him. She said she wanted to have intercourse but Merrill declined.
Merrill told AL.com - and the woman's testimony confirmed -- that he became involved with her after her then-husband told his friend Merrill of an affair she was having. The two men discussed that Merrill might be able to talk to her and find a way to help fix the couple's marriage."......(more about this sanctimonious hypocrite at link)