Seattle agrees to pay Mayor Murray accuser $150000

In all, there were five accusers. Murray first dropped out of his re-election campaign, then resigned as mayor. Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes released a statement that said: "With this settlement, the city takes an important step in putting this sad chapter behind us, limiting litigation expenses, and ...

Seattle settles lawsuit with Murray sex abuse accuser

Heckard, the first of five such accusers, said in the first lawsuit he brought in April that Murray had paid him for sex dozens of times in the 1980s, starting when Heckard was 15, addicted to drugs and homeless. Murray denied the claims throughout a year that would first lead him to give up his campaign ...

City of Seattle settles lawsuit with Murray accuser

information from the City of Seattle. City Attorney Pete Holmes announced today that the City of Seattle has agreed to settle the lawsuit brought by Delvonn Heckard against the City and former Mayor Ed Murray. As part of the settlement, the City will pay Mr. Heckard $150,000. “With this settlement, the ...

Seattle agrees to pay Murray accuser $150000

SEATTLE The city of Seattle will pay $150,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a man who accused ex-Seattle Mayor Ed Murray of sexually abusing him. Murray acknowledged the settlement Saturday, saying in a statement that he was "prepared to defend myself in court (as I have been doing at my own ...