You can't make stuff like this up.
Apparently Nevada gubernatorial candidate Jim Gibbons was accused of assulting a single mother last Friday.
Chrissy Mazzeo made three 911 calls that night in which she told operators that she had been assulted by the Republican Congressman.
From the
AP wire story sent out this morning:
Mazzeo, 32, told police that Gibbons grabbed her arms and tried to force himself on her late Friday in a parking garage near a restaurant where she had been drinking with a friend, the congressman and his top adviser.
Gibbons, 61, a five-term Republican congressman who is running for governor against Democrat Dina Titus, told police the alleged assault "didn't happen." He said he walked Mazzeo toward her car and helped her catch her balance after she tripped.
"And if she assumed that helping her up ... was detaining her, well then ... I'm shocked at that," according to a transcript of Gibbons' Oct. 14 interview with police.
Both Gibbons and Mazzeo told police they had been drinking.
And then..
Mazzeo dropped the complaint the next day and told police she did not want to start a media circus. She did not recant the allegations or say she lied. She also told police she was not pressured to withdraw the complaint.
When asked about her change of mind, she said it was "because of who he is."
The Las Vegas Sun has been following this story hard, and has a new front page piece today that says the police will release the 911 tapes.
Pollser.com currently has Gibbons with an 8 point lead 46-38.
But remember he's not just a candidate for Governor, he's a retiring member of Congress who's open seat is highly competitive.
We'll see how this shakes out, but it seems pretty darn scandalous.