Dan Johnson, a Republican and a member of the lower house of the legislature of the state of Kentucky committed suicide last night, December 13.
This happened a few days after one girl said that Johnson attacked her when she was a teenager.
The death of Johnson was confirmed by the Bullitt County Sheriff Donnie Tinnell, reports WDRB-TV. The Congressman was shot on the bridge in Mount Washington, Kentucky. The exact cause of death will be established by the autopsy, which should hold today.
57-year-old Johnson was elected to the state legislature in 2016. Being a pastor of a Church in Louisville, Dan Johnson promoted a number of bills related to religious freedom and Bible teaching in public schools.
In the center of the scandal, the man was last Monday, when the Center of the investigations in Kentucky, published the testimony of 21-year-old female parishioner of the Church and was pastor Johnson.
The girl said that on the morning of January 1, 2013, she was the daughter of the Johnson’s slept in the basement under the Church. Woke up from that drunken pastor kissed her, groped her Breasts, and then hand made violence. The victim went to the police, but no charges were filed, although there are records of the attending physician girls. With the documents in the case can be found here.
As NY Times reports, on Tuesday Dan Johnson held a press conference from the pulpit of the Church where you said that the charges against him «completely false» and this is part of the national strategy for the fight against conservative Republicans.
On Wednesday, he published a post on Facebook which asked people to take care of his wife.
«The allegations are false. God and only God knows the truth. I love my wife, love my parents, their five children and nine grandchildren. I can’t handle it anymore, heaven is my home,» wrote the Congressman. Later the record was deleted.
Recall, for the past two months, allegations of sexual harassment or violence appeared against dozens of famous men: politicians, actors, journalists. Many of them resigned or were fired.
