Beverly Young

In November 2017, nine women accused Roy Moore — a United States Senate candidate and a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama — of sexual misconduct. Three of the women alleged that he had sexually assaulted them, two during their adolescence (one who was 16 at the time of the alleged incident, when Moore was 31, and one who was 14 at the time of the alleged incident, when Moore was 32). Six other women recalled Moore pursuing romantic relationships, or engaging in inappropriate or unwanted behavior with them, while they were between the ages of 16 and 22. The age of consent in Alabama is 16.

Most of the incidents are said to have occurred in the late 1970s; one involved alleged groping of a 28-year-old woman in 1991. In the 1970s, Moore was an assistant district attorney in Alabama. A local police officer stated that she was told to prevent Moore from being around cheerleaders "in their 20s", though she says "the department took no action against Moore because it never received complaints...." Moore has denied the sexual abuse allegations, which were made by Leigh Corfman (then 14), Beverly Young Nelson (then 16), and Tina Johnson (then 28).

On November 10, Moore acknowledged knowing and remembering Debbie Wesson Gibson and Gloria Thacker Deason, but said, although he could not remember "specific dates" between him and Gibson, "If we did go out on dates then we did." He said that he did not "remember ever dating any girl without the permission of her mother". However on November 27 and 29, Moore declared, "I do not know any of these women," "did not date any of these women and have not engaged in any sexual misconduct with anyone".

The revelations came out when he was the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in a special election. At the time of the revelations it was too late to remove Moore's name from the ballot. Prominent Republicans and religious leaders such as John McCain, Mitt Romney, and Russell Moore called for Moore to drop out of the race after the allegations were reported. Other senators withdrew their endorsements of Moore's Senate candidacy. Days later, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan called for Moore to abandon his campaign. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell also announced that he believes the women who made the accusations and that Moore should "step aside". President Donald Trump, however, endorsed Moore, and accepted his denials. Alabama Republicans largely defended Moore from the allegations. The Republican National Committee initially cut ties with Moore after the accusations were made publicly, but later restored funding to Moore's campaign. This scandal helped propel Doug Jones, Moore's opponent, to an upset victory in the Senate special election.

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