Mayor George Gant of Kissimmee, Florida was arrested yesterday after a year-long investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
Gant—who is also a doctor—was arrested for inappropriately touching two female patients during gynecological exams.
You're going to love his defense. His lawyer, Harrison "Butch" Slaughter (nice nickname), said: "He does a very, not aggressive, but thorough examination and you have women of different backgrounds, different ethnicities, they may be thinking this exam was different for them. I don't know."
Am I imagining this? Is he actually saying that women who aren't white don't know what a proper gyno exam consists of? Because I'm pretty fucking sure that every woman knows that going to the doctor shouldn't include getting assaulted. What's also interesting/infuriating is that Gant and "Butch" don't know who the women bringing the charges are. So I'm kind of wondering where this genius defense came from.
UPDATE: Three more women have come forward claiming Gant abused them.
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My favorite part is how Gant is blaming a woman for this, saying that Dr. Galloway (who isn’t one of his accusers) is trying to retaliate because he tried to have her fired. I’m sure she went around and rounded up as many women as possible to get them to accuse him of sexual assault. You know, since that’s what women do when they don’t get their way- they cry rape. Classy guy this one. Makes you really want him to run your town.
I love his defense, lol. games