Mayor Michelle Wu has rescinded her assist for embattled district legal professional candidate Ricardo Arroyo after after a brand new report about an previous sexual-misconduct investigation into him.
“The allegations by someone who was a minor at the time are deeply troubling to me, as is newly reported information on anonymous threats she received in the past. For the District Attorney to advance the reforms our communities deserve, the office must have our communities’ trust and confidence. I can no longer make a public recommendation for a candidate for this office,” Wu stated in a Wednesday-morning assertion following a brand new Tuesday-night report by The Boston Globe.
Wu initially caught by Arroyo, who’s at present a metropolis councilor, after the Globe’s preliminary report final week about sexual-misconduct allegations made in 2005 and 2007 concerning the now- 34-year-old Arroyo and his dealing with of them, first saying she wanted extra time after which, over the weekend, deciding to stay with him, as did many different fellow progressives together with U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley and Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey.
No fees have been ever filed in reference to the allegations.
Arroyo strenuously denies any wrongdoing and on Tuesday filed go well with in opposition to town in search of extra paperwork from the investigations, saying they’ll present extra why cops and prosecutors determined to not transfer forward with them. A listening to is scheduled on an injunction for two p.m. Thursday in Suffolk Superior Court.
Arroyo has tried to show the leaks of a few of these protected paperwork round on present DA Kevin Hayden, his opponent, with whom he’s been enmeshed in a nasty forwards and backwards within the press.
Wu, whose previous enemies from the mayoral race have coalesced behind Hayden, did add, “This statement should not be taken as a tacit endorsement to vote for Kevin Hayden for District Attorney. I continue to have serious concerns about Mr. Hayden’s judgment in prosecuting cases, his handling of media scrutiny of pending cases, and his conduct in office.”
Both Arroyo and Hayden fired off dueling statements themselves earlier than Wu rescinded her endorsement.
Arroyo reiterated his causes for suing for the paperwork and added, “These are serious allegations that were investigated and led to no charges being filed. As I have maintained from the beginning, I have never, as a minor or ever, sexually assaulted anyone.”
Hayden countered, ““After multiple sexual assault allegations against him, one of Ricardo Arroyo’s victims has bravely come forward because, in her words, she “fear[s] what could happen if he gets into a position of power.” The query for individuals who have continued to assist Ricardo Arroyo is easy: Do you imagine girls? If the reply is sure, how are you going to presumably justify persevering with to face by him?”
The major between the 2 males is Tuesday, Sept. 6, and the winner is predicted to have a glide path to profitable the following four-year time period as DA.
But clashes are anticipated at the moment, Wednesday, when City Council President Ed Flynn, who beforehand pulled his endorsement of Arroyo after the primary stories, will strip Arroyo of his committee chairmanships. Later, Arroyo and Hayden are slated to sit down facet by facet in a debate from the group Communities of Color.
Source: www.bostonherald.com”