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Minnesota Lawmaker Drops Re-Election Bid After Daughter Claims He Molested Her
State Rep. Jim Knoblach abandoned his campaign after learning that Minnesota Public Radio News was publishing his daughter’s allegations.
A Minnesota state representative has abandoned his re-election bid after learning that Minnesota Public Radio News was working with his daughter on a story about her accusations that he inappropriately touched her for years.
In a statement on Friday, state Rep. Jim Knoblach (R) said he learned last week that his 23-year-old daughter, Laura Knoblach, contacted MPR with the accusations, which led him to end his campaign for the Minnesota House of Representatives.
She first publicly accused her father of behaving inappropriately toward her in a December 2016 Facebook post, which has since been deleted. In that post, obtained by MPR News, she said she was “molested as a child and young adult” by her father.
Laura Knoblach, who was a student athlete at the University of Colorado at Boulder, also accused her family members of threatening her and coercing her “into silence about it for almost 15 years.”
MPR News on Friday published a damning report that shed light on her claims of abuse and her family’s attempts to keep her quiet.
On Friday, Jim Knoblach said the allegations were false and described his daughter as estranged from the family. He noted that the accusations were investigated and dismissed by Sherburne County.
“I and other family members have made repeated attempts to reconcile with her in recent years, but she has refused,” he said.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jim-knoblach-daughter-molestation-accusations_us_5ba55b74e4b0181540dcf758
State Rep. Jim Knoblach abandoned his campaign after learning that Minnesota Public Radio News was publishing his daughter’s allegations.
A Minnesota state representative has abandoned his re-election bid after learning that Minnesota Public Radio News was working with his daughter on a story about her accusations that he inappropriately touched her for years.
In a statement on Friday, state Rep. Jim Knoblach (R) said he learned last week that his 23-year-old daughter, Laura Knoblach, contacted MPR with the accusations, which led him to end his campaign for the Minnesota House of Representatives.
She first publicly accused her father of behaving inappropriately toward her in a December 2016 Facebook post, which has since been deleted. In that post, obtained by MPR News, she said she was “molested as a child and young adult” by her father.
Laura Knoblach, who was a student athlete at the University of Colorado at Boulder, also accused her family members of threatening her and coercing her “into silence about it for almost 15 years.”
MPR News on Friday published a damning report that shed light on her claims of abuse and her family’s attempts to keep her quiet.
On Friday, Jim Knoblach said the allegations were false and described his daughter as estranged from the family. He noted that the accusations were investigated and dismissed by Sherburne County.
“I and other family members have made repeated attempts to reconcile with her in recent years, but she has refused,” he said.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jim-knoblach-daughter-molestation-accusations_us_5ba55b74e4b0181540dcf758