A Denver judge has cast doubt on public sexual assault allegations made for more than a year against state Rep. Leslie Herod, ruling in a protection order case that the accuser was not credible …
State Rep. Leslie Herod, then a Denver mayoral candidate, speaks during a debate in Claver Hall at Regis University on Feb. 9, 2023. For more than a year, state Rep. Leslie Herod has faced public allegations of sexual assault made by another woman who is active in Colorado Democratic politics, including some leveled in social media posts when Herod
“I’m grateful that there was a process to have my voice be heard,” Herod told The Post in an interview. “It just never should have gotten to this point.” While The Post typically does not identify alleged victims of sexual assault, it is naming Kadi because she has made the accusations against Herod so publicly.
Herod again asked pointed questions in a committee hearing earlier this month related to workplace harassment investigations. She confirmed to The Post that she found out an investigation launched last year against her was based on a complaint filed by Kadi. Herod said the investigation was later dropped and she has not been able to obtain the records related to it. She also had to pay for legal counsel out of pocket, she said.
Herod denied all of the claims against her and said that the night Kadi went to her home was actually in June 2020, after Kadi had left One Colorado and was no longer engaging in legislative advocacy at the Capitol. She said Kadi had been pursuing her.
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