SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Politics : Tell a joke - anything goes -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: DMaA who wrote (2771)10/19/2018 8:20:22 AM
From: Pogeu Mahone  Respond to of 14003
 
65year old male president of Mass Senate marries a 28 year old male prostitute what could go wrong?
===================================
Stanley Rosenberg, hubby’s civil suit droppedAttorney of ‘John Doe’: no settlement reached
Laurel J. Sweet Thursday, October 18, 2018
Credit: Angela RowlingsBryon Hefner

FacebookTwitterGoogle+Reddit

A legislative aide who accused the husband of former Senate President Stanley C. Rosenberg of repeatedly sexually abusing him has dropped his explosive lawsuit against the one-time Beacon Hill power couple.

“We're obviously pleased,” attorney Tracy Miner said on behalf of Rosenberg, 68, and Bryon Hefner, 31.

The plaintiff, who worked for the House of Representatives and was identified only as “John Doe,” brought the civil action against Rosenberg and his spouse in Suffolk Superior Court in June, claiming Hefner sexually assaulted him — twice in Rosenberg’s presence and once at their home in the North End.

Doe’s attorney Mitchell Garabedian told the Herald he filed a notice of voluntary dismissal at his client’s request Wednesday ahead of a previously scheduled hearing on the civil case yesterday afternoon that was subsequently canceled.

“There was not a settlement,” Garabedian said.

“Although the dismissal at the request of the plaintiff leaves many unanswered questions, I cannot provide further comment because of the pending criminal case,” he said.

Doe accused Hefner of assault, battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress, and Rosenberg of conspiracy and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

Hefner, meanwhile, remains criminally charged by Attorney General Maura Healey for indecent assault and battery, open and gross lewdness and lascivious behavior and dissemination of images of a nude or partially nude person in connection with alleged encounters he had with four men, including Doe.

ADVERTISING

inRead invented by Teads

That case is scheduled for a status hearing Monday also in Suffolk Superior Court.

It’s alleged Hefner took photographs of a man’s genitals and buttocks without his knowledge after a night of drinking ended up in a hotel suite, and that Hefner showed the pictures on his cellphone to other people, three of whom claim Hefner went so far as to tell them who the man was.

Another accuser, while attending a birthday party with his wife, alleged Hefner told him he was “hot” and later “forcibly kissed him on the lips against his will” two weeks before marrying Rosenberg in 2016.

Hefner is additionally accused of groping a third man under a table at a political event and of exposing himself to a fourth.

Rosenberg retired in May after the scandal cost him his leadership post of three years. The Democrat had served in the Senate since 1991.

More On: Stanley Rosenberg Bryon Hefner