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Pious Perverts See other Pious Perverts Articles Title: Mich. Young Republican gets five years for sexual assault Michigan GOP activist gets 5 years for sex assault Friday, September 14, 2007 Jim Nichols Plain Dealer Reporter A Michigan lawyer who sexually attacked a 21-year-old woman at a Young Republicans convention here said Thursday that he disgraced himself, his family and his political party. Michael Flory, 33, of Jackson, Mich., told a Cuyahoga County Common Pleas judge that his humiliation and self-destruction should be pun ishment enough for his guilty plea to a sexual- battery charge. Judge Peter Corrigan couldn't have disagreed more. Corrigan sentenced Flory, the longtime head of the Michigan Federation of Young Republicans, to five years in prison. That's the maximum term for the offense. "I'm sickened that he is an attorney," Corrigan told the victim and a packed courtroom. Flory's wife, Erin, sitting on the defendant's side of the courtroom, rolled her eyes, shook her head and then sobbed as Flory expressed "deep, profound remorse" for what he did and pleaded with Corrigan for probation for the sake of his 4-year-old son. "My son needs his father," Flory said. Erin Flory and the victim both declined to comment after the sentencing. During the hearing, Flory referred to himself pitiably over and over. He lamented that his "stupid choices" destroyed him politically, ended his law career and devastated his family. His status as a registered sexually oriented offender would forever bar him from his son's scholastic athletic events, he told Corrigan. He apologized to the victim and blamed his behavior on his "choice to drink to excess" and "have sexual relations" with her. He said his intention now is "to get my life back on track in as short a period as possible." What he called sexual relations, the victim called rape. (The state dropped rape and kidnapping counts in the plea deal.) The woman, a Detroit college student, said she drank herself sick at a Warehouse District bar on July 8, 2006, during the National Federation of Young Republicans' convention. Flory, who led her state's delegation, offered to take her back to her room. There, she said, he forced her into sexual "atrocities" and called her degrading names. The woman and Assistant County Prosecutor Carol Skutnik said Flory and his friends later executed a campaign of Internet postings and whispers within the state GOP, accusing the victim of loose morals and character assassination. Advertisement Skutnik referred to sealed post-plea court documents in which Flory insisted the sex was consensual. Skutnik also said several other women called her to report that Flory sexually assaulted or harassed them, too. As to Flory's claim that he wants to be a father to his son, Skutnik said Flory sullied that status when he "went jaunting from town to town having liaisons with young women" and committed sex crimes here. To reach this Plain Dealer reporter: jnichols@plaind.com, 216-999-4111
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#2. To: Mekons4 (#0)
Has that national president of the Young Republicans who was charged with sexual assault on a young man been sentenced yet? (He was from Indiana, as I recall. Also, his election as president of the YR's was supported by Rep. Patrick McHenry, from NC.)
Dunno. I'll keep my eyes open. I am just surprised that guy didn't plead not guilty because "I was so drunk I thought she was a guy." This guy is just as bad as it gets. I have a feeling it's going to be a LONG five years for him, given how popular rapos and child molesters are in jail.
*punt*
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