Suffolk County DA candidate Ricardo Arroyo continues to push for his challenger, DA Kevin Hayden, to launch an unbiased investigation of the bombshell “illegal leak” of information about sexual assault investigations into allegations from when he was a pupil 2005 and 2007.
Meanwhile, with the first for Suffolk DA on Tuesday, Arroyo mentioned he’s planning to file an ethics grievance towards Hayden “for illegally using his public office for political gain” because the DA’s race has turned nasty during the last couple of weeks amid the just lately surfaced assault allegations.
Arroyo, a Boston metropolis councilor, on Friday claimed vindication after newly launched paperwork from the town acknowledged that Boston Police decided “there was no crime committed” to shut out the 2005 investigation into him as an adolescent. The redacted paperwork additionally included police writing that the case was decided to be “unfounded.”
The detective who reviewed the case and decided the grievance was “unfounded” was Detective Dante Williams, who’s now certainly one of Hayden’s drivers. Williams has been within the DA’s workplace since earlier than Hayden took over in January.
“The release of the documents (Friday) uncovered a direct link between this case and Kevin Hayden,” Arroyo mentioned in an announcement over the weekend. “Hayden has continued to refuse an unbiased investigation of his workplace to analyze the unlawful leak. These information solely exist in two locations — BPD and the DA’s workplace. BPD has performed an investigation and decided the information weren’t accessed there. The Suffolk County District Attorney’s workplace has refused to analyze this leak.
“Today, I’m renewing my call on Kevin Hayden to agree to an independent investigation to ensure that no further leaks come from his office,” Arroyo added. “It’s time for Hayden to finally answer the question about how these documents were illegally leaked in the first place.”
The Hayden marketing campaign didn’t instantly reply to a request for touch upon Sunday.
A spokesperson for the DA’s workplace on Friday mentioned in response to Arroyo’s allegations about Williams: “Any allegation that he (Williams) was involved in any leak is ridiculous.”
Arroyo’s marketing campaign over the weekend additionally mentioned he plans to file the ethics grievance towards Hayden. About an hour earlier than Friday’s deadline for the town to launch paperwork from the 2005 investigation into Arroyo, Hayden’s DA’s workplace despatched out a press launch that ripped Arroyo.
The assertion from the DA’s workplace learn, “We have thoroughly reviewed our entire unredacted file regarding the sexual assault allegations against Ricardo Arroyo. Nothing in the file suggests or indicates that the allegations were unfounded. Also, nothing in the file questions the validity of the victim’s statements. The campaign to sabotage this victim’s credibility is shameful.”
Arroyo’s marketing campaign mentioned the councilor might be submitting the ethics grievance over this remark from the DA’s workplace, writing, “While it is illegal to comment on the contents of these documents without a court order, Hayden did so yesterday for his own political gain.”
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