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sl8

(16,273 posts) Mon Nov 21, 2022, 07:33 AM Nov 2022

'It was simply a hug': House candidate charged with rape after losing election to mother

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'It was simply a hug': House candidate charged with rape after losing election to mother

by WKRC
Friday, November 18th 2022

RAPID CITY, S.D. (WKRC) - A defeated South Dakota House of Representatives candidate is facing a sexual assault allegation.

Bud Marty May, 37, was arrested on Nov. 13 and charged with second-degree rape. He appeared in court Tuesday.

Court documents say he used "force, coercion, or threats of immediate and great bodily injury" to rape the woman in "multiple ways" in a bar bathroom stall.

The victim claims he told her, "I am 6'8", white, it is all consensual."

According to the police report, officers found the woman hiding behind the bar counter with dirt, blood, and an abrasion on her face.

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'It was simply a hug': House candidate charged with rape after losing election to mother (Original Post) sl8 Nov 2022 OP

He is a Republican. James48 Nov 2022 #1

Released on $7500 bail viva la Nov 2022 #2

victim probably sioux rampartc Nov 2022 #3

+1 2naSalit Nov 2022 #4

James48

(4,613 posts)

1. He is a Republican.

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Mon Nov 21, 2022, 07:38 AM

Nov 2022

Rolling stone wrote:

“Sexual assault is not the only current case against May, the former candidate is involved in an unresolved case regarding driving without a license and expired plates, and has multiple outstanding warrants from the Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safety.

May ran for the South Dakota state House against his mother, Republican state Rep. Liz Marty May, in a four-way race for two seats representing the state’s 27th District. The younger May drew 22 percent of the vote, but finished the race in fourth place, while his mother and Democrat Peri Pourier won reelection.”