Lawyer Charged In Rape At GOP Event Here

[Mark E. Smith]

The Plain Dealer
Thursday, February 08, 2007

A Cuyahoga County grand jury charged a Michigan attorney and political
activist Wednesday with raping a fellow delegate at last July's National
Federation of Young Republicans convention in Cleveland.

Michael A. Flory, 32, of Jackson Mich., faces charges of rape, kidnapping,
aggravated burglary, gross sexual imposition and witness intimidation.

Police and prosecutors say he escorted a drunken 21-year-old colleague
to her hotel room after an evening of partying in the Warehouse District.
She told police he attacked her when she was feeling sick and on the verge
of passing out.

Flory gained attention at age 18 when he gave a televised speech to the
Republican National Convention in the Houston Astrodome. He served as
Vice Chairman of the National Federation of Young Republicans and ran
unsuccessfully for the top spot in 2003.

http://www.cleveland.com/cuyahoga/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1170927269283650.xml&coll=2

Read all about this fine example of Young Republican leadership:

http://www.mfyr.com/contents/leadership

[hippiechick]

1. I'm sure he'll be a Presidential candidate in about 20 years ...

... par for the course with the "Family Values, Bringing Dignity Back to the White House" bunch.

:mad:

[fasttense]

2. Seems repukes see any gathering of

young political members as a smorgasbord for their sexual inclinations.

[saigon68]

3. gross sexual imposition

Hmmm

[Justitia]

5. yeah, what is that? Or do I even want to know, since we're talking republicans? -nt

[saigon68]

7. Some weird Ohio Statute is my guess

[saigon68]

8. YES I WAS RIGHT

Gross Sexual Imposition

http://www.ohiou.edu/healthwell/sexualassault.htm

Using force, or the threat of force, to touch an erogenous zone (including but not limited to the thighs, genitals, buttocks, pubic region, or breasts), forcing another person to touch one of those areas of your body or administering a controlled substance without his or her knowledge in order to touch the erogenous zones of someone else's body.

[Justitia]

10. "erogenous zone?" Why do I feel like I'm reading a 70s sex manual? LOL -eom

[gratuitous]

11. "Administering a controlled substance"

Well, since it's a fine upstanding young Republican, who has been given the honor of addressing the national convention in the past, we can be sure he would never, e-e-e-e-ever slip a young lady a roofie. And since she was just about passed out anyway according to the story, he can probably allege that he didn't have to use any force at all to get at her goodies.

Not guilty! Ohio justice is served.

[whistle]

4. Another republican reformed alcoholic in the making

[sharp_stick]

6. $10.00 says tomorrow he enters rehab n/t

[saigon68]

9. He's checking in as I type

LOL

[rox63]

12. More of those Republican "family values"...

:puke:

[zbdent]

13. There is absolutely no truth to the rumor that the latest "Girls Gone Wild" court

fiasco had anything to do with footage from the Young Republicans convention.

None, whatsoever ... no truth to those rumors ... at all ... so don't even think about it ...