{"id":4204,"date":"2004-07-15T15:00:53","date_gmt":"2004-07-15T20:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/?p=4204"},"modified":"2021-03-22T07:41:51","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T12:41:51","slug":"ny-state-assemblyman-adam-clayton-powell-says-lie-detector-clears-him-of-rape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2004\/07\/15\/ny-state-assemblyman-adam-clayton-powell-says-lie-detector-clears-him-of-rape\/","title":{"rendered":"“[NY State Assemblyman Adam Clayton] Powell Says Lie Detector Clears Him of Rape”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New York Newsday<\/em> staff writer Brian Boyd reports<\/a>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assemb. Adam Clayton Powell IV<\/a> Wednesday sought to knock down the latest rape allegation against him by saying results from a lie-detector test he took prove he did not force the woman to have sex.<\/p>

Powell, a Harlem Democrat, contends he and the woman, whose name has not been released, had consensual sex on July 1, and he denies any coercion.<\/p>

The polygraph recordings show “indications of truthfulness,” according to the summary released by Powell’s lawyer.<\/p>

“For the last two months, I have been the victim of vicious, outrageous allegations against me,” Powell said at a news conference outside City Hall.<\/p>

Powell said he felt compelled to take the tests “because these allegations can take on a life of their own.”<\/p>

“These allegations unfortunately have landed people in a court of law and unfortunately have landed some innocent people in jail,” he said. “I wanted to make sure that we at least put a stop to these allegations as soon as we can.”<\/p>

A copy of the lie-detector report was sent to the Manhattan district attorney’s office, said his lawyer, Murray Richman.<\/p>

Prosecutors had no comment on the matter.<\/p>

“We never confirm nor deny investigations,” spokeswoman Sherry Hunter said.<\/p>

The accusation that he raped the woman in a West Side apartment July 1 followed an allegation he raped a 19-year-old legislative aide in a suburban Albany motel.<\/p>

During the polygraph tests, Powell was not asked about the earlier alleged incident because the woman recanted her story, Richman said.<\/p>

Powell took the test Friday and retook it Tuesday to make sure it was reliable, according to the summary by Manhattan-based Scientific Lie Detection Inc., which conducted the tests.<\/p>

Powell would not elaborate on his version of events on July 1 during the news conference, citing privacy. He also dismissed questions about whether he used poor judgment.<\/p>

“I don’t know what you call poor judgment,” he said. “Again, I was a victim of false allegations.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Because of attorney-client privilege, a lawyer can have his client sit for as many polygraph “tests” as it takes until he\/she “passes” one, and then publicly announce the good news, while keeping any “failures” secret. New York Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV’s polygraph examination has no evidentiary value.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New York Newsday staff writer Brian Boyd reports: Assemb. Adam Clayton Powell IV Wednesday sought to knock down the latest rape allegation against him by saying results from a lie-detector test he took prove he did not force the woman to have sex. Powell, a Harlem Democrat, contends he and the woman, whose name has …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[519,518],"class_list":{"0":"post-4204","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-polygraph","7":"tag-adam-clayton-powell-iv","8":"tag-rape-allegations","9":"anons"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4204"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4205,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4204\/revisions\/4205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}