A Montgomery County grand jury has indicted former state Rep. Perry Hooper Jr. of Montgomery for first-degree sexual abuse because of an incident that happened in a downtown Montgomery restaurant in August.
Hooper, 68, represented a Montgomery district in the House of Representatives and has remained active in the state Republican Party.
The grand jury found that Hooper subjected the victim to “sexual contact by forcible compulsion.” The indictment was issued Friday and reported by WSFA.and released on a $15,000 bond. An affidavit filed at that time said that Hooper approached the victim from behind, grabbed her breasts and waist, shoved his pelvis into her backside and began kissing her neck before she was able to break free.
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