By Jeremy Duda | Arizona Mirror
Ousted lawmaker Don Shooter is asking a judge to order the release of files from the investigation that led to his historic expulsion from the Arizona House of Representatives for sexual harassment.
Shooter is seeking the files as part of a legal battle against state Rep. Michelle Ugenti-Rita, his former colleague whose allegations of sexual harassment started the chain of events that led to his expulsion.
Kraig Marton, who represents Shooter in a pair lawsuits that he and Ugenti-Rita, R-Scottsdale, have filed against each other, filed a motion on Tuesday asking Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Bruce Cohen to order the release of all files compiled during the investigation into Shooter. House Speaker J.D. Mesnard, R-Chandler, ordered the investigation after Ugenti-Rita and others accused the Yuma Republican of sexual harassment. The House voted 56-3 to expel Shooter in February, after the investigation found several allegations against him to be credible, including some made by Ugenti-Rita.
