The home of a woman who accused Roy Moore of sexual misconduct has reportedly burned down, and the fire is being investigated as arson.
Tina Johnson accused Moore, the defeated Senate candidate, of grabbing her in his office in the early 1990s. She said her home in Gadsden, Alabama, caught fire Tuesday morning, AL.com reported.
Natalie Barton, a public information officer with the Etowah County Sheriff’s Department, said the fire is being investigated as arson by the county. But there is no evidence that “the fire is in any way related to Roy Moore or allegations made against him.”
“A suspect of interest is being spoken to,” Barton said. “But there have been no charges, to my knowledge, related to the fire at this time.”
Johnson said she was “devastated” by the fire, which burned her family’s entire house and all of their possessions.
“We have just the clothes on our backs,” she told AL.com.
No one was harmed in the blaze, which reportedly started at the back of the house at 8am CT on Tuesday. Johnson said other neighbors witnessed a “young man who had a history of public intoxication” lingering around the house before and after the fire, AL.com reported.
Moore’s campaign for Senate was embroiled in accusations by women who said he assaulted them. Leigh Corfman, who said Moore groped her when she was 14 and he was 32, filed a defamation suit Thursday alleging Moore and his campaign attacked her as a “liar.”
H/T AL.com
