Failed Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore says the women who accused him of sexual assault during the election campaigns were part of a political conspiracy, according to a lawsuit filed on Monday.
The suit was jointly filed with his wife, Kayla, shortly before the two held a news conference in what was Moore's first public appearance since election night in December, when Moore, a Republican, lost to Democrat Doug Jones.
The defendants include three women who made accusations against Moore as well as two other people. "This was filed because the people of Alabama deserve to know the truth," said Melissa Isaak, an attorney representing Moore.
"The accusations made against Judge Moore during the US Senate campaign arose from a political conspiracy to destroy his personal reputation and defeat him in the special Senate election for United States Senate." The suit is asking for compensatory damages from all defendants listed along with interest from the date of the injuries and the court costs.
The suit is also asking for punitive damages "in an amount that will adequately reflect the enormity of the defendants' wrongful, outrageous acts" and an amount that will prevent similar acts.
