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NYC pol says law allowing rape suit against him was unconstitutional — despite voting for the legislation
By Vaughn Golden,
20 days ago
A Brooklyn state senator claims the law allowing a rape lawsuit against him to move forward was unconstitutional — even though he actually voted for the legislation and then bragged about it.
In court records filed this month, notoriously hot-headed pol Kevin Parker formally denied the rape allegations against him . But he also went a step further, asserting that the Adult Survivors Act , which allowed the related lawsuit against him to proceed, was unconstitutional.
The now-expired act permitted alleged victims to file civil lawsuits against their accused attackers within a certain window even if the state’s statute of limitations had run out on their claims.
State Sen. Kevin Parker of Brooklyn has denied that he raped a woman. William C Lopez/New York Post
Parker was accused of the 2004 alleged attack in November 2023 in a claim that made it just under the wire.
The state senator, along with every other member of the state Senate, had voted for the legislation in 2021.
Parker even touted his support of the law in a statement in which he denied the rape charges against him shortly after they were levied in November.
“I voted in favor of the [Adult Survivors Act] to ensure all New Yorkers can seek justice and be heard,” Parker wrote of the legislation, which was also passed by the assembly, signed into law by Hochul in May 2022 and expired in November 2023.
“These allegations are absolutely untrue. My work and advocacy will continue,” Parker said.
Olga Jean-Baptiste says she was working with Parker on relief efforts for Haiti in 2004 when he grabbed her by the wrists and forcibly raped her at her home, allegations that Hochul has called “deeply disturbing.”
The state Adult Survivors Act gave alleged victims of decades-old attacks more time to file claims. Getty Images Parker has had several run-ins with the law before. Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images
Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Adult Survivors Act in the Red Room at the State Capitol in May 2022. Mike Groll/Office of Governor Kathy Hochul
A few years later, Parker lashed out at a Post photographer and smashed his camera as the shutterbug was snapping pics of the pol outside his Flatbush home. Parker was found guilty on misdemeanor criminal mischief charges and forced to attend anger-management classes.
The same lawyer who represented Parker in that case, Lonnie Hart Jr., is defending him against the sexual-assault charges.
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