Incoming Missouri Legislator Says Fellow Democratic Candidate Raped Her
In an open letter to Missouri House leadership on Friday, an incoming Missouri state legislator accused a future colleague of raping her in late August. Cora Faith Walker, an attorney from Ferguson, alleges that she had met with Steven Roberts, Jr. in a St. Louis apartment to talk about supporting each other when they become the only two black lawyers in the legislature in January. Both Walker and Roberts have won the Democratic primaries in their districts and are running unopposed for House seats.
That was on the evening of August 26. Walker says she had two glasses of wine, then woke up in a bed in the apartment the next morning with no idea what had happened or why she was still there. Last week, she reported the alleged assault to the police.