(Elizabeth Mulay) Accuser of 1990 (MN GOP) gubernatorial candidate (Jon Grunseth) dies

[Ian David]

Source: MPR News

Accuser of 1990 gubernatorial candidate dies
August 8, 2011

St. Paul, Minn. — Elizabeth Mulay, the woman who was thrust into the public spotlight 11 years ago when she accused a Minnesota gubernatorial candidate of molestation, has died.

Family members tell Minnesota Public Radio News Elizabeth Mulay died Friday August 5, 2011, after suffering severe burns last month in a Minneapolis house fire, started by a suspected gas explosion. She was 43.

Twenty years ago, Mulay changed the course of Minnesota political history.

On October 15th, 1990, just three weeks before election day, Mulay accused Republican gubernatorial candidate Jon Grunseth of trying to molest her when she was only 13. The alleged incident took place nine years earlier at a 4th of July pool party. Speaking with Minnesota Public Radio News at that time, Mulay said there were three other young girls in the pool with her and Grunseth.


When she was only 22, Elizabeth Mulay changed Minnesota history. It was 1990, three weeks before election day, when she made allegations of sexual impropriety against Republican candidate Jon Grunseth. Grunseth denied he'd tried to fondle Mulay when she was a teenager, but he was eventually forced from the race. Mulay, 42 at the time of this photo taken in 2010, stood by her story. (MPR Photo/Curtis Gilbert)

Read more: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/08/08/mulay-obit/

[MinneapolisMatt]

1. My brother

was friends with one of the Grunseth kids. Man did they suffer.

There is unlikely no connection, since Mr. Grunseth now lives in Tasmania. Maybe I should re-phrase this - it would be surprising if this had anything to do with the past.

Just a perspective, that's all. How sad.

[Beacool]

2. Poor woman, what a terrible death.

May she rest in peace.

:-(

[Brickbat]

3. My goodness, there's a name I haven't heard in years. What a tragic end for her.