Allegation Of Shirtless Man At Seattle Mayor's House Draws Intrigue

SEATTLE, WA - The latest wrinkle in ongoing lawsuit against Mayor Ed Murray involves the police chief and an apparently shirtless man. On Monday, Seattle police released a narrative of what happened on June 24, 2016 outside the mayor's house in response to requests from media. Meanwhile, the man suing Murray over alleged sex abuse in the 1980s filed a document in court Monday appearing to accuse the mayor of trying to obscure the incident.

According to police, the mayor called Seattle police Chief Kathleen O'Toole around 11:30 p.m. on June 24 to report an "unknown person at his front door." In response, O'Toole called 911 for the mayor. Murray then called O'Toole back to report the situation was under control, but eight officers still responded to the scene to check on the mayor. By 11:32 p.m., according to police, the officers verified that everything was OK at the mayor's house and cleared the scene.

The attorney for the man suing Murray over sex abuse, Delvonn Heckard, on Monday filed a subpoena ordering Maggie Thompson, the mayor's operations manager, to submit to a deposition. The subpoena alleges that Thompson was at the mayor's house on June 24 and may know what happened. The subpoena states that the incident was not logged in public records - although Seattle police on Monday provided a copy of the 911 call log.

The subpoena states that the apparently shirtless man agreed to leave Murray's property, but had to retrieve items from inside the home first.

"According to sources close to the call, officers arrived on scene to find a shirtless man in the front yard of the mayor's home. Officers asked the man to leave and was informed that he would, but needed to [retrieve] some items from within the mayor's home. Officers knocked on door and recovered wallet and clothing items from inside the house and returned them to the man, who went on his way. Questions of sobriety of mayor," reads notes from the subpoena.

But Murray, through a spokesperson, denied those allegations. In a letter provided to media outlets, people who were at Murray's home on June 24 say that a man and a woman appeared at the door, asked to use the bathroom, got slightly "pushy," but eventually left - and both were fully clothed.

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