[kalthalior]

We had an incident locally that was similiar in reverse. The mascot of a local restaurant accused two local politicians of "inappropriate" touching during a photo op during the eatery's Grand Opening. In front of the men's wives and the entire restaurant, no less. Worse, the State Patrol investigated and said there was enough evidence to go to trial. The judge wound up dismissing the suit against one man and the jury deliberated less than two hours before acquitting the other man. Evidently the classmate who testified the girl bragged she would get a new car out of the settlement was pretty convincing. Unfortunately, the second man lost his job as County Election Commissioner before the trial.