Missouri Lawmaker Accuses Male Colleague of Rape, Says She’s Not the First Woman He’s Sexually Assaulted
In August, incoming Missouri lawmakers Cora Faith Walker and Steven Roberts Jr. allegedly met at a St. Louis apartment for drinks. The two shared a lot in common: Both are running unopposed for seats in the Missouri House this November. Both are Democrats and would be the only black lawyers in a predominantly Republican, white legislature. They planned to discuss how they might work together.
Walker, who has now accused Roberts of rape, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch she recalls nothing after her second glass of wine that night. She said she woke up in a bed in the apartment the next morning, returned home, and told her husband what happened. The couple waited several weeks before Walker went to the police. Last Friday, in a letter to Missouri House Speaker Todd Richardson and two House leaders, she accused Roberts of rape and asked that they prohibit Roberts from taking his uncontested seat until police finish the investigation...