The Week: Most Recent Democratic Party:Al Gore's Sex Scandal

Al Gore's PR problem

The Week — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:25:00 -0400

"It has been, for Al Gore, a swift and brutal fall from grace," says Lloyd Grove in The Daily Beast. A few weeks ago, "the former vice president was mainly known as the planet’s premiere environmentalist and anti-global-warming crusader," as well as a best-selling author, Oscar-winning filmmaker, and, in the minds of millions, the man who "should have been sworn in as president in January 2001." Then the "unpleasantness" began. First, a masseuse in Portland, OR, went public with her accusation, initially shrugged off by police, that Gore had touched her inappropriately during a 2006 massage...

Is reopening the Al Gore sex case fair?

The Week — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 10:43:00 -0400

The Portland Police Department is re-examining the "crazed sex poodle" allegations against Al Gore, after his accuser, masseuse Molly Hagerty, went public in the National Enquirer. Portland Police Chief Mike Reese says he's reopening the case over "procedural issues" — Hagerty's 2009 statement about the alleged 2006 hotel harassment incident shouldn't have been filed away without a review by upper-level police commanders. But after four years of inaction, is it fair to revisit this long-cold case? (Listen to Molly Hagerty's statement against Al Gore)

Hagerty may have the goods on Gore: Portland...

Al Gore's accuser's side

The Week — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:06:00 -0400

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The Week — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 06:15:00 -0400

Al Gore: 'Crazed sex poodle,' or smear victim?

The Week — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:40:00 -0400

When Al Gore was vice president, it was his boss, Bill Clinton, who made tabloid headlines. But now, fresh off Gore's surprise divorce announcement, the National Enquirer has dug up a 2006 police report in which a massage therapist accused Gore of "unwanted sexual contact" in a Portland hotel room. In her lengthy account, the woman said, horrified and scared, she repeatedly rebuffed Gore, telling him he was acting like a "crazed sex poodle." (Watch a local report about Al Gore's sex allegations.) Police, lacking evidence supporting the claim, never filed charges, and Gore's lawyers, writing to...