Candidate assaulted after making sexual advances
SPOKANE, Wash. - A former Clallam County lawyer who is now a Democratic congressional candidate in Spokane has told police he was assaulted near downtown Spokane after making sexual advances to another man.
David R. Fox, 49, who moved to Spokane from Port Angeles recently to run against Republican U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, told police he wasn't injured in Sunday's altercation. But he is pressing charges against the man.
Fox is one of four Democrats in the Aug. 17 primary. The attorney entered the race at the last minute and has no known campaign office or website. He could not be reached for comment.
Fox has come to the attention of law enforcement several times in the past year in Clallam County and Spokane.
He's been accused of sexually harassing a former client and driving under the influence, but it appears the harsh allegations have not sapped David Fox's political ambitions.
In June, Fox was arrested by Port of Seattle police after a ticket agent called authorities to report that a man wearing a floppy hat, khaki shorts and a Hawaiian shirt repeatedly pulled out a knife and asked "weird questions."
"The driver was unsteady on his feet and kept repeating the same questions, telling me over and over that I need to call the Clallam County Sheriff's Office so they could tell me who he was and that he was running for office," the Port of Seattle police report said. "He told me over and over that he is an attorney, and that I have no right to stop him."
Another officer spotted a marijuana pipe on the passenger's seat, and a search turned up a bag of marijuana and prescription pills for which Fox had no prescription, the report said.
Leesa Manion, chief of staff for King County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Satterberg, said charges were not been filed because the office is awaiting the results of a toxicology test and other reports. Charges may still be filed once the reports are finished, she said.
Two days before the arrest, the state Attorney General's Office said it would not file charges against Fox after investigating allegations of sexual misconduct with a former client and introduction of contraband into Clallam County Jail.
The Clallam County sheriff has said Fox admitted engaging in sexual activity with his client but claimed it was consensual. In previous interviews, Fox has claimed he's fallen victim to a "gay witch hunt," and that his clients often fall in love with him.
Fox is now seeking a congressional seat in the 5th Congressional District, which covers the Eastern Washington counties of Okanogan, Ferry, Stevens, Pend Oreille, Lincoln, Spokane, Adams, Whitman, Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield, and Asotin.
David R. Fox, 49, who moved to Spokane from Port Angeles recently to run against Republican U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, told police he wasn't injured in Sunday's altercation. But he is pressing charges against the man.
Fox is one of four Democrats in the Aug. 17 primary. The attorney entered the race at the last minute and has no known campaign office or website. He could not be reached for comment.
Fox has come to the attention of law enforcement several times in the past year in Clallam County and Spokane.
He's been accused of sexually harassing a former client and driving under the influence, but it appears the harsh allegations have not sapped David Fox's political ambitions.
In June, Fox was arrested by Port of Seattle police after a ticket agent called authorities to report that a man wearing a floppy hat, khaki shorts and a Hawaiian shirt repeatedly pulled out a knife and asked "weird questions."
"The driver was unsteady on his feet and kept repeating the same questions, telling me over and over that I need to call the Clallam County Sheriff's Office so they could tell me who he was and that he was running for office," the Port of Seattle police report said. "He told me over and over that he is an attorney, and that I have no right to stop him."
Another officer spotted a marijuana pipe on the passenger's seat, and a search turned up a bag of marijuana and prescription pills for which Fox had no prescription, the report said.
Leesa Manion, chief of staff for King County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Satterberg, said charges were not been filed because the office is awaiting the results of a toxicology test and other reports. Charges may still be filed once the reports are finished, she said.
Two days before the arrest, the state Attorney General's Office said it would not file charges against Fox after investigating allegations of sexual misconduct with a former client and introduction of contraband into Clallam County Jail.
The Clallam County sheriff has said Fox admitted engaging in sexual activity with his client but claimed it was consensual. In previous interviews, Fox has claimed he's fallen victim to a "gay witch hunt," and that his clients often fall in love with him.
Fox is now seeking a congressional seat in the 5th Congressional District, which covers the Eastern Washington counties of Okanogan, Ferry, Stevens, Pend Oreille, Lincoln, Spokane, Adams, Whitman, Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield, and Asotin.