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A Democratic state senator in Missouri who has been accused of rape
more than once may be preparing to launch a primary campaign against
a popular, progressive incumbent Congresswoman who has been
outspoken about her own experience as a victim of sexual assault.

Roberts, who identifies as Black, was first accused of rape in 2015
after a law school student reported his alleged actions to the
police, resulting in the then-assistant prosecutor at the St. Louis
Circuit Attorney’s Office being arrested for “suspicion of second-
degree sodomy.”

The following year, Cora Faith Walker — then a candidate for
Missouri State Rep. — also accused Roberts of rape following an
apparent celebration of both winning their respective primary
elections. Walker wrote a letter to the state legislature making the
claims.

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