ALGORE...the saga continues

I've posted on how I thought the ALGORE was asexual...I mean, how does a plant have a basic reproductive function of a mammal. But this will not go away.

Portland Police Reopen Al Gore Sex Abuse AllegationsMasseuse Claimed Former Vice President Subjected Her to 'Unwanted Sexual Touching' in 2006

Portland, Oregon, police have decided to reopen the investigation into a 54-year-old masseuse's allegations that former Vice President Al Gore sexually assaulted her in his hotel room in 2006.

"The Portland Police Bureau has made the decision to re-open the case regarding the allegations brought forward against Mr. Al Gore," a statement posted on the Portland Police Bureau's website this evening said.

"Consistent with our policy regarding open investigations, the Police Bureau will not be commenting on any additional specifics regarding this case at this time," it said.

A family spokeswoman said today that the Gores welcomed the new investigation.

"Further investigation into this matter will only benefit Mr. Gore," Kalee Kreider said. "The Gores cannot comment on every defamatory, misleading, and inaccurate story generated by tabloids. Mr. Gore unequivocally and emphatically denied this accusation when he first learned of its existence three years ago. He stands by that denial."...

...In a statement accompanying the report, Portland Police said that after initially refusing to cooperate in early 2007, the masseuse returned in 2009, finally offering to be interviewed by investigators, bringing a prepared statement and the clothes she said she had worn that night as evidence.

Police said investigators did not collect the clothes she offered at that time because "they did not feel there was any evidentiary value" to them, and the case was "not investigated further because detectives concluded there was insufficient evidence to support the allegations."

There was no indication in the report the police ever interviewed Gore about the allegations.

The district attorney's office said it only learned on June 23 of the follow-up 2009 investigation when it received the 73-page report released to the media.

"If the complainant and the Portland Police Bureau wish to pursue the possibility of a criminal prosecution, additional investigation by the Bureau will be necessary and will be discussed with the Portland Police Bureau," said the district attorney's office.

Fair enough....they are reopening the investigation. However I really love this:

The allegations were first reported by the National Enquirer, which frequently pays news subjects for their first-hand stories.
The Portland Tribune said it had investigated the allegations in 2007 after receiving the police report through a public records request but chose not to publish a story because it said attorneys for the former vice president categorically denied the charges.

Questions, does the objective media every pay for sources? And I recall papers like this sat on the story of a White House intern and the then president although there was evidence to back it up...but it had no problems printing unsubstantiated stories of adultery on the part of George HW Bush and John McCain, even thought they had "categorically denied the charges".