A woman who accused Sheriff John Urquhart of rape in 2002 and claimed he was trying to discredit her by giving out her medical records has dropped her restraining order request, KIRO 7 News has confirmed.
Urquhart has denied ever having sexual contact with the woman. Seattle police investigated and no charges were filed.
She applied for the protection order days before the election, to stop any release of her medical records. But in an interview with KIRO 7 earlier this month, Urquhart denied having her private medical records.
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“We’ve been accused of offering to release 300 pages of private medical records,” Urquhart said.
“Those don’t exist, at least not with us. We’ve never had them. We’ve never offered to release those, period. That never happened.”
Earlier this month in a hearing about the protection order, the accuser said that she has witnesses and evidence to show she's been harassed by Urquhart.
“I have a significant amount of evidence,” she said. “I'm actually concerned for him interfering with my employment at this point.
He's so brazen in passing out my medical files to the media and to endorsements. At this point, he's capable of anything.”
The sheriff said he did give public records from the woman's divorce that include details about her mental health to journalists and made no apologies for defending himself. He told KIRO-7 just because someone is an accuser doesn’t mean they’re a victim.
Urquhart believes the woman's actions were an attempt to sabotage his campaign.
When asked about the woman dropping her request for a restraining order.
Urquhart told KIRO 7 News on Monday, “The election is over so now she doesn't need it.”
“We wanted her on the record talking about all the other accusations she's made,“ Urquhart said. “Apparently, she didn't want to testify to all of that.“
In a formal statement today, he wrote, “Sheriff Urquhart continues to deny each and every bizarre allegation this person has made against him."
A hearing for the protection order was schedule for Dec. 5.
This case is different than the one made by former Deputy Brian Barnes. Barnes alleges that Urquhart put one hand on his shoulder and the other on his crotch after they left a restaurant where they had had dinner in 2014. Last week, a Renton police investigator recommended that Urquhart face criminal charges in the deputy's groping allegation. The case was sent to the Snohomish County prosecutor for a charging decision. Read about that here.
Urquhart said that incident never happened. He said he passed a polygraph test proving his innocence and filed a defamation lawsuit against Barnes. Urquhart is confident he won’t face any charges.
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