Ohio Senate Candidate Eric Deaton Indicted For Sexual Conduct With A Minor

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by Jon Bershad | 5:03 pm, September 1st, 2010

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Eric Deaton, an Ohio candidate for Senate running for the Constitution Party, has been indicted for unlawful sexual conduct with a minor. Police say that in 2006 and 2007, Deaton had an “inappropriate relationship” with a 15 year old girl whom he met while acting as an elder for his church. Deaton held a press conference today where he and his attorney, Jon Paul Rion, claimed the accusations were false and politically motivated.

From Ohio’s WDTN 2:

“Police said they had hotel receipts and video to prove their case.

But Deaton’s attorney, Jon Paul Rion questioned the timing of indictment. It comes close to election time. Rion also said the hotel surveillance video and receipts would help prove that Deaton was innocent.

Rion said Deaton had passed a 4-hour long polygraph test.”

Deaton plans to stay in the race despite his legal trouble. It will be interesting to see if his political endorsements (including some Tea Party and Family Values organizations) stand behind him or all vanish following this news. In the meantime, his campaign has been forced to disallow comments on their official Facebook page after the indictment led to some “harrassing” posts.

Constitution Party, Eric Deaton, Ohio

More Liberty

People are supposed to be innocent until proven guilty
Azarkhan

Well, she was just 15,
You know what I mean,
And the way she looked was way beyond compare.
So how could I dance with another (ooh)
When I saw her standin’ there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RZiyXdMIZE
http://www.facebook.com/people/Stephen-Hogan/179500970 Stephen Hogan

More Liberty said:
People are supposed to be innocent until proven guilty

Yeah, well, those were the days.
Greg

About the age of Hemings when she arrived in Paris… Perhaps he is a truly dedicated originalist.
bellap12

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jk76

wow what an incomplete story presented due to sensationalism of society

3-4 years ago? no word on how long they have gone after him. videos and receipts…were they not avail say a year ago or 2 or 3? I don’t know if it’s universal but there’s no mention of accuser who would be of age or if they are withholding identity due to age-at-crime, sometimes they do but not always. This is very curious timing, seems he would syphon some votes from Repubs. Doesn’t mean it wasn’t done by Dems to taint the whole right-wing, if there is any scandal here. When was the lie-detector test done?

clicking on the link does no better, horrible journalism. The offense says “we have video and receipts to prove it” , the defense says “the videos and receipts will disprove it” FUCKIN AWESOME. If anyone wasn’t sure if the media were shit, this should help you out
Some_Dude

Well, I guess this new for a Republican – it wasn’t young boys or a prostitute for once.
Azarkhan

Some_Dude said:
Well, I guess this new for a Republican – it wasn’t young boys or a prostitute for once.

Actually he is with the Constitution Party, and I think the “young boys or a (male) prostitute” were for Barney Frank.