PT β Deschutes County Democrats are withdrawing support for Oregon state legislative candidate Nathan Boddie, urging him to resign his nomination following sexual misconduct allegations first reported by OPB. The group previously pledged to continue to back Boddie, reiterating their support as recently as Thursday. Should Boddie resign, the group says they plan to hold a meeting to discuss a replacement candidate for the seat representing Bend.
Boddie's campaign to replace gubernatorial candidate Knute Buehler in November soured when Oregon House Democrats abruptly. On Facebook, Deschutes County Democrats said the new allegations brought forth by a year-old environmental nonprofit worker in Bend offers "credible details and corroborating witnesses.
Moey Newbold says Boddie groped her at a bar in Boddie told OPB he was unaware of the incident Newbold described in recent interviews. Newbold said she quickly left the bar after the incident.
At the time she was so taken aback, she froze. The next morning, she said, she texted Boddie. In a statement sent after Newbold's allegations were published, Boddie denied ever being alone with her.
Boddie said Newbold suffered from substance abuse when they'd met, adding that he'd helped her get out of public while intoxicated on several occasions. Newbold said Boddie's response to her allegations are not true and are a form of "character assassination. I stand by the interview I did with OPB. Paul Dewey, an attorney and Newbold's boss at Central OregonLandWatch, released a statement on Saturday evening saying Newbold told him several years ago that Boddie had inappropriately touched her.
