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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBreaking: Rep. Dan Johnson (R of KY) just shot and killed himself.
State Rep. Dan Johnson who was under investigation for allegedly molesting a teenage girl commits suicide. Johnson defiantly refused to resign after the allegations.
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Bullitt County sheriff says Rep. Dan Johnson shot and killed himself. It happened on Greenwell Ford Road. His body was found on the bridge.
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Updated w/ story:
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Kentucky State Rep. Dan Johnson, who was under investigation for alleged sexual molestation, has committed suicide.
Bullitt County Sheriff Donnie Tinnell said Johnson killed himself on a bridge on Greenwell Ford Road in Mt. Washington, and the gun was recovered.
Just before 5 p.m. Wednesday, Johnson posted the following message on his Facebook page:
The accusations from NPR are false GOD and only GOD knows the truth, nothing is the way they make it out to be. AMERICA will not survive this type of judge and jury fake news . Conservatives take a stand. I LOVE GOD and I LOVE MY WIFE, who is the best WIFE in the world,My Love Forever ! My Mom and Dad my FAMILY and all five of my kids and Nine grandchildren two in tummies and many more to come each of you or a total gift from GOD stay strong, REBECCA needs YOU . 9-11-2001 NYC/WTC, PTSD 24/7 16 years is a sickness that will take my life, I cannot handle it any longer. IT Has Won This Life . BUT HEAVEN IS MY HOME. PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY, Only Three things I ask of you to do,if you love me is (1)blame no person,Satan is the accuser, so blame the Devil himself. (2) Forgive and Love everyone especially yourself .(3)most importantly LOVE GOD. P.S. I LOVE MY FRIENDS YOU ARE FAMILY ! GOD LOVES ALL PEOPLE NO MATTER WHAT !
According to court documents obtained by the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting, the alleged molestation took place on New Year's Eve in 2012. The alleged victim, who was 17 at the time, told authorities that she was staying in a living area of the Heart of Fire City Church where Johnson was pastor, when Johnson, who had been drinking a lot, approached her, kissed her and fondled her under her clothes.
More: http://www.wdrb.com/story/37062873/rep-dan-johnson-commits-suicide-on-bridge-in-mt-washington
Demtexan
(1,588 posts)How many more.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Nobody is going to have to deal with a trial.
Demtexan
(1,588 posts)Another republican bites the dust.
former9thward
(32,025 posts)The statute of limitation has run for a 2012 offense.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)speaktruthtopower
(800 posts)at the insensitivity of the reactions, he has kids and grandkids.
VermontKevin
(1,473 posts)tblue37
(65,408 posts)<iframe width="560" height="315" src="?ecver=1" frameborder="0" gesture="media" allow="encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Siwsan
(26,268 posts)This guy's 'history' is beyond disturbing and disgusting.
Nevernose
(13,081 posts)Heres him messaging the victim the day after, claiming to have been drugged and have no memory:
http://longcon.kycir.org/resources/dan-johnson-maranda-richmond-facebook-messages/
Racist memes, arson, fraud
http://longcon.kycir.org/resources/
irisblue
(32,980 posts)ornotna
(10,803 posts)May he rot in hell.
marble falls
(57,106 posts)to his family and his victim. What a crazy assed note. Only G*d knows the truth. Not the Rep or his victim. And he never accuses the victim of lying, its all the devil's fault.
Siwsan
(26,268 posts)I'm actually a little surprised they printed it.
marble falls
(57,106 posts)Siwsan
(26,268 posts)That's my uneducated guess.
marble falls
(57,106 posts)Siwsan
(26,268 posts)Just awful.
malaise
(269,054 posts)<snip>
Kentucky lawmaker Dan Johnson is refusing to resign amid accusations he molested a member of his church when she was 17.
State leaders from both parties are calling for Johnsons immediate resignation after the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting (KyCIR) published an expose Monday detailing allegations of how the Republican state representative and self-proclaimed Pope of his Louisville church woke his daughters friend during a sleepover in 2013 and forced himself on her, slipping his hands up her shirt and bra and putting his fingers in her vagina.
What you did was beyond mean, it was evil, the victim said she wrote in a Facebook message to him shortly after the incident, according to KyCIR.
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Good riddace you despicable piece of shit
mountain grammy
(26,624 posts)uponit7771
(90,347 posts)irisblue
(32,980 posts)Kaleva
(36,312 posts)"Now 21, Maranda Richmond says she attended Johnsons church and was a friend of his daughter. After a wild, boozy New Years Eve party heavy drinking parties including juveniles appear to be a regular part of the worship at Heart of Fire she stayed over with Johnsons daughter only to wake up in the wee hours with Johnson kneeling over her. She says he kissed her, fondled her, forced his hands under her pants and penetrated her with his finger.
But KyCIR uncovered much more in Johnsons long, seamy past:
▪ In 1985, Louisville police found Johnsons Cadillac Coupe de Ville doused with gasoline. Two people arrested at the scene said Johnson had paid them to torch it. Johnson reported it stolen the next morning but eventually admitted hed paid to have it destroyed so he could collect insurance. Indicted on charges of arson and filing a false police report, he pleaded not guilty and completed a six-month diversion program and the charges were dropped.
▪ In 2000, Johnsons Heart of Fire church burned in a blaze that investigators concluded was intentionally set. The back door was unlocked and a flammable liquid had been poured along a hallway. Johnson said the church had been threatened and blamed the Ku Klux Klan. The insurance company sued, raising questions about poor security and pointing out the church was deep in debt, as is common in arson cases. That case was settled and no arson charges were filed.
▪ Alcoholic Beverage Control officers have cited Johnson and the church three times for selling alcohol without a license. These sales happened at regular weekend church parties. KyCIR described them as Bikers, booze and, occasionally, bare breasts ... a costume party featuring zombie nuns in short skirts. In a 2009 trial Johnson, dressed in a priests collar and wearing a cross, claimed that the drinks were served as part of a communion.
Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/opinion/editorials/article189451979.html#storylink=cpy
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)marble falls
(57,106 posts)Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)I'm surprised he chose to end it. He could have been the next Republican superhero.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)with their words and deeds republicans degrade & disgrace christianity. Sad.
cynatnite
(31,011 posts)I won't waste one on him.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Motherfuck that coward...
cynatnite
(31,011 posts)CakeGrrl
(10,611 posts)and defiant and in denial to the end.
Will we ever see one of these people take ownership of their issues?
HipChick
(25,485 posts)He'll have to face justice with his maker..
oasis
(49,389 posts)lunasun
(21,646 posts)book_worm
(15,951 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Johnson sounds like a seriously disturbed person. But instead of getting help, he became a Republican elected official. The implications are disturbing as well.
lostnfound
(16,184 posts)Something we all would want.
Orange Free State
(611 posts)he knew he was done when they reopened the case. Why on earth so many believed his BS for so long, I have no idea.
oswaldactedalone
(3,491 posts)Moms Mabley said it best, "They say you shouldn't say nothin' about the dead unless it's good. He's dead. Good!"
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,076 posts)A wooden stake through the heart wouldn't work. No heart.
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)Take the hint
Saboburns
(2,807 posts)Roy Moore and all those Republican 'Pastors' who supported him even after the pedophilia outing. (Thank goodness a few dozen real Christian leaders repudiated Moore).
And all these twisted fuckers leading the Rubes, telling everybody what God says.
Republican 'Christians' pose our gravest danger.
Vinca
(50,278 posts)MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)Sorry, I just can't feign concern or compassion for those that spend their lives terrorizing others. Good riddance. May other Republicans follow his example.