Ex-girlfriend: Cohen not fit to hold public office

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Ex-girlfriend: Cohen not fit to hold public office
Posted by Tribune staff at 6:38 p.m.; updated at 6:50 p.m.

The ex-girlfriend of embattled Democratic lieutenant governor nominee Scott Lee Cohen put out a statement through her lawyer this evening saying Cohen is not fit to hold public office.

Amanda Eneman, 29, issued the statement through Gloria Allred, a high-profile California attorney. Cohen, a pawnbroker, was accused of holding a knife to the throat of his then-girlfriend Eneman, a convicted prostitute, in October 2005. Charges were dismissed after Eneman failed to show up in court.

Allred said Eneman lived with Cohen for “about a year some four or five years ago.”

“Based on her personal observations during the course of their relationship and his behavior, Miss Eneman does not believe that he is fit to hold any public office, including that of lieutenant governor,” Allred told the Tribune.

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http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/clout_st/2010/02/exgirlfriend-cohen-not-fit-to-hold-public-office.html

from the Chicago Sun Times:

Prostitute at center of Scott Lee Cohen scandal: Lt. Gov. nominee not fit to hold office

February 6, 2010

BY MAUDLYNE IHEJIRIKA Staff Reporter
A convicted prostitute who accused Democratic Lt. Governor nominee Scott Lee Cohen of threatening her with a knife told the Chicago Sun-Times today she “does not believe he is fit to hold any public office.’’

The statement, issued through famed celebrity attorney Gloria Allred, is the first public comment from Amanda J. Eneman, Cohen’s former live-in girlfriend.
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Allred said her 29-year-old client “has no further comment at this time and does not wish to be contacted.”

Cohen could not immediately be reached for comment
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http://www.suntimes.com/news/elections/2033599,scott-cohen-amanda-eneman-allred-020710.article



:)

He got his wish; he wanted her to come forward. Thank you Ms. Enaman.

[ColesCountyDem]

1. It's bad when a convicted prostitute says that YOU aren't fit to hold office!

:+ :evilgrin:

[harkadog]

2. Daley says he should not be asked to leave ticket

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/elections/ct-met-daley-cohen-0207-20100206,0,2177507.story

[mopinko]

3. elections have consequences.

i'm sure ritchie would like him to disappear. i doubt he is standing up for the integrity of the democratic process behind closed doors. he just isn't stupid enough to say it to a reporter.

but jesus people. pay attention or don't vote.

[surrealAmerican]

4. She's probably only saying that because her threatened her life.

Wouldn't she be the last person in the world to have an objective opinion on this man?

... but, she's probably right, anyway.