Murray accuser files $3 million claim with the City of Seattle

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The man who sued, then dropped the lawsuit, against Mayor Ed Murray for alleged sexual abuse is now demanding millions from the City of Seattle.

Delvonn Heckard dropped his lawsuit in June that alleged Murray sexually abused him in the 1980s when he was a minor — he’s now 46. Heckard is asking for $1 million to $3 million from the city, arguing that the mayor used his official position as mayor to defame him while the lawsuit was active, according to The Seattle Times.

According to the claim filed July 25 and obtained by The Times:

Acting within the scope of employment for the City of Seattle, and utilizing and abusing his position of power, Mayor Ed Murray falsely and defamatorily accused Mr. Heckard, a gay man, of participating in an anti-gay right wing conspiracy along with other victims including Jeff Simpson and Lloyd Anderson. It was recently confirmed that there was no conspiracy and Mayor Murray fabricated these allegations for political gain and in order to silence Mr. Heckard, and other victims. Mayor Murray’s lawyers and spokesman, Jeff Reading, participated in making the defamatory allegations and accusations during various press conferences over a period of months.

Murray wrote a guest editorial, published in The Stranger, alleging such a conspiracies in April. He also publicly stated that the lawsuit was a “political take down.”

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