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Maine Republican lawmaker Lucas Lanigan won re-election to the state House by a single vote after a recount, despite facing domestic violence aggravated assault charges.

Lanigan is accused of choking his wife during a confrontation about an alleged affair, though he denies wrongdoing and calls the charges “ridiculous.”

His wife later asked for the charges to be dropped, but prosecutors are proceeding, citing evidence of strangulation.

Democrats have called for his resignation, while Republican leaders emphasized due process.

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[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 20 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

For the curious:

Dude choked a woman at a public storage place. She later went to the hospital with bruises around her neck from the strangling. I imagine there will be video evidence since storage places have tons of cameras.

https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/local/york-star/2024/10/29/maine-state-rep-lucas-lanigan-accused-of-strangling-woman/75917806007/

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Riddle said he investigated the matter and learned that the woman went to meet Lanigan at Springvale Safe Storage on River Street earlier that afternoon at 12:45 p.m.

When she arrived, she saw Lanigan there with another woman, with whom Lanigan had allegedly been having an affair, according to the affidavit.

The woman began yelling at the other woman. She confronted Lanigan about the alleged infidelity.

According to the affidavit, the woman said Lanigan then “grabbed her around the neck with both hands and choked her for approximately 20 seconds.”

The woman was able to get away from him, and she went home, where she called two of her friends, the affidavit states.

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First responders brought the woman to Maine Medical Center in Sanford to be treated.

The victim “has bruising on the left and right side of her neck,” according to the affidavit.

As a result of the alleged strangulation, she also had spots on her face and nose and inside her mouth, according to the affidavit.