57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. A republican kentucky lawmaker accused of sexually assaulting a teenager four years ago has apparently killed himself. Dan johnson died last night from a single gunshot wound on a bridge in northern kentucky. Monday there was an article published that johnson allegedly assaulted a girl in the basement of his home. Tuesday in a church where he was a pastor he called the allegation totally false. He admitted he was gruff with the teen on the night of the alleged incident, but denied that he sexually assaulted her. Before these accusations came up, i dont want to get into any details, but it was nothing to do with me or anything sexual. Johnson said the allegations were politically people to care for his life. He said ptsd will take my life. I cannot handle it any longer. An autopsy will be performed today. President trump invited doug jones, the democrat who beat roy moore to the white house.
Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. A republican kentucky lawmaker accused of sexually assaulting a teenager four years ago has apparently killed himself. Dan johnson died of a single gunshot wound on a bridge last night in northern kentucky. Monday the kentucky reporter reported he allegedly assaulted a girl in the basement of his home. Tuesday in a church where he was a pastor he called the allegation totally false. He admitted he was gruff with the teen on the night of the alleged incident, but denied that he sexually assaulted her. There was an incident before any of these accusations came up. I dont want to get into any details, but it was nothing to do with me or anything sexual. Johnson said the allegations were politically motivated. Earlier on facebook he asked people to care for his wife and wrote ptsd is a sickness that will take my life. I cannot handle it any longer. An autopsy will be
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