Morning Digest: GOP nominee in swingy House seat was put on leave over sexual misconduct allegation

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* P-A0 7: The Allentown Morning Call reported on Friday that Republican Marty Nothstein was placed on leave in February by the Lehigh Valley Velodrome, where he’s provided as executive director for a decade, amidst a sex misbehaviour investigation arising as a result of an alleged incident that took place around 2000. That time, Nothstein won the gold medal at the Sydney Olympics in the men’s 200 meter sprint; he is currently running against Democrat Susan Wild for Pennsylvania’s open 7th District.

Nothstein, who had previously refused to explain why he was on leave, denied any the allegations of wrongdoing, calling them “1 00 percentage false.” It’s not clear just what those accusations might be, though: The Morning Call said today despite digging into the tale for 3 month, it’s been unable to determine what specifically the complaint filed against Nothstein alleged, and what conclusions, if any, the investigation has reached.

Indeed, the Morning Call says that it tried talking to more than 35 people connected with the cycling center , none of whom would discuss the matter. That state of affairs could, of course, ever change, to Nothstein’s detriment.

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