Portland Mayor Sam Adams Cleared of Wrongdoing in Breedlove Case

Openly gay Portland Mayor Sam Adams is in the clear regarding the Beau Breedlove affair:

"Oregon's attorney general, John Kroger, has finished months of investigation into the sex scandal around Portland's mayor and finds no credible evidence Adams had sex with a teenager in 2005. Kroger issued a report today and held a press conference to say there wasn't enough of a case against Adams to bring it to trial. In particular, Kroger says, Breedlove is not a credible witness, citing acts that brought him money and notoriety. Kroger notes that Breedlove's posed for the gay porn magazine Unzipped and was paid for it and that Breedlove's leaked details about the relationship to journalists."

More here.

Among the details that emerged during the investigation were a loan to Beau Breedlove in the amount of $750 shortly before admitting that he lied about the nature of his relationship with the former legislative intern, and the fact that he went so far as to draft a resignation letter before deciding against giving in to pressure to quit.

Adams released a statement to the press: "The Attorney General's office released the results of its five-month investigation today, clearing me of wrong-doing. I made mistakes in my personal life that led to this investigation. As a result, the city I love was put through an ordeal. I am gratified the investigation has been completed, and I want to reiterate that I am sorry. I want to thank Portlanders for their support and understanding. I want to also thank my colleagues, the hardworking employees of the City of Portland, and my focused staff for helping to deliver exceptional results over the past five months. I will continue to fight to put Portlanders people back to work, address the high-school dropout rate, and strategically plan for Portland's future. Thank you for your support."

Adams was under investigation on five separate statutes and said he's ready to move on: "I'm going to continue to focus on getting Portlanders back to work and decreasing the dropout rate. I've been working hard, and I have a lot more work to do."

Moving on may have its difficulties, however: "A spokesman for the campaign to recall Mayor Sam Adams says the Attorney General’s report today clearing the mayor of criminal prosecution will not affect the recall effort’s plans to start July 7. Recall spokesman Jasun Wurster says the Attorney General can only hold Adams accountable for legal statutes, but that Portland voters should hold him accountable for what Wurster calls civic and ethical violations."

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Beau Breedlove Files for Restraining Order Against Reporter

Beau Breedlove, the former legislative intern at the center of the scandal involving Portland Mayor Sam Adams earlier this year, has filed a request for a restraining order against an Oregon reporter:

"In January, [The Oregonian's Brent] Walth interviewed Breedlove about his relationship with Adams, as well as exchanging text messages with him during developments that followed. In his petition, filed in Multnomah County Circuit Court, Breedlove characterized the contacts as threatening, alleging that Walth said he would publish damaging information about Breedlove unless he agreed to an interview. Breedlove said that Walth's harassment and threats "affect the public's opinion of me and the investigation that is being made by the Oregon Attorney General's office. 'Any suggestion that Brent Walth coerced or threatened Beau Breedlove is absurd,' Sandy Rowe, editor of The Oregonian, said. 'Mr. Breedlove gave us an on-the-record interview voluntarily. He asked for nothing in exchange for the interview, and the newspaper made him no promises about what it would or would not publish.'"

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UPDATE: Request denied.

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The Oregonian reports: "After the accident, Reed said that Adams asked whether he was OK. Reed said he had some back and neck pain and went to the emergency room just to make sure he was all right. Schweitz, who had run to check on the victims, told police at the scene and The Oregonian on Monday, that he was two to three feet from Adams and smelled alcohol on the mayor's breath. 'It seemed like beer,' Schweitz said. Adams, through his spokesman, said 'there's no truth to that allegation.' Police said they saw no indication that Adams was impaired and said they had no reason to ask the mayor to submit to a field-sobriety test. Reed also said he didn't notice anything unusual about Adams. 'The mayor had no signs of being under the influence at all,' said North Precinct Sgt. Ron Berry."