PORTLAND, Ore. (PORTLAND TRIBUNE) — The Columbia County Circuit Court judge who upheld a five-year protective order against a state representative on Monday, May 8, wrote that she found him “not credible” and saying he “play(ed) the victim” when denying a former campaign volunteer’s allegations of sexual abuse and physical threats.
In January, Judge Cathleen Callahan denied Rep. Brian Stout’s request to dismiss the woman’s application for a restraining order filed in November 2022, leading to a three-day hearing spread across January, March and April.
Callahan ruled in favor of the woman following that three-day hearing, which concluded April 26.
In her 13-page ruling, Callahan said she found Stout, a Columbia City Republican representing House District 31, “not credible” and the woman “extremely credible.”
In the hearings, the woman alleged Stout touched her in a sexual manner on multiple occasions without consent and threatened her if she spoke up.
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