Saturday, February 6, 2010

Source: Lt. Gov. Candidate Cohen seeking 'honorable way' to drop out --SunTimes

Facing intense and mounting pressure to step aside, embattled Democratic lieutenant governor nominee Scott Lee Cohen is seeking an "honorable way" out, a Cohen campaign source said Friday night

scandal surrounding Cohen includes divorce records in which Cohen's ex-wife, Debra York-Cohen, alleged in May 2005 that he tried to force her to have sex with him, and that as recently as two months ago, he owed her $54,000 in back child-support payments.His ex-wife appeared with Cohen on Thursday to say the Scott Lee Cohen of 2005 "is not that person today and hasn't been for quite some time." They declined to discuss the child-support issue in detail, other than Cohen saying it was a "misunderstanding"

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