Met Police will not investigate sexual assault
claim against Labour shadow minister
[The Metropolitan
Police says it will not now
investigate an allegation of sexual assault,
reported to be against a Labour frontbench MP,
"at the victim's request".
Tortoise first reported that a female
Labour MP claimed she had been
sexually assaulted by a male shadow minister.
The BBC has been told she reported the
incident to the Met Police and the Labour whips.
Labour said the whips had urged her to make
a formal complaint to the party.
However, Tortoise reported that she
"felt his popularity within the party
would stand against her".
In response to the report,
the Metropolitan Police told the BBC they
received a report in March that a woman
was sexually assaulted by a man in
London in July 2021.
The incident is alleged to have happened
after a summer party in London.
The force said: "At the victim's request,
the incident will not now be investigated at this time."
It added that enquiries were at an
"assessment stage" and a formal investigation
had not been launched.
The Met has not identified either MP.
Labour told the BBC they
had not been contacted by the Met,
nor received a formal complaint.
A party spokesman said: "We take
any allegations of this sort very seriously
and would always encourage individuals
to go to the parliamentary process,
the Labour Party process or the police.
"In terms of the Labour Party process,
it is a thorough, robust and
independent process that individuals
can have confidence in."]
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65563918
Yes Joey
she is scared.
Someone may have warned her,
it will look bad on her