Richard Roberts, the former chief judge of the federal trial court in Washington, this week asked a judge in Utah to dismiss a civil lawsuit that accuses Roberts of sexual assault 35 years ago.
Roberts has said he had an “intimate” relationship with the woman suing him, but he maintains it was consensual and denies her allegations of rape. In papers filed June 27 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, Roberts’ lawyers argued that the lawsuit should be dismissed because the plaintiff missed deadlines to file her claims by several years.
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