State Senator Kevin Parker speaks while Gov. Kathy Hochul signs bills to strengthen New York's commitment to clean energy development and energy efficiency, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions at Newlab Headquarters at Brooklyn Navy Yard. (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
The lawsuit was allowed to move forward thanks to the 2021 Adult Survivors Act, which allowed alleged victims to file civil lawsuits within a certain window of time even if the statute of limitations had run out. The lawsuit against Parker over the 2004 allegations was filed in November 2023, just inside the window created by the law.
The same law was used by E. Jean Carroll in a 2022 lawsuit against former President Trump, whom Carroll claimed had sexually assaulted her in 1995 or 1996, when the two met outside a New York City department store.
Parker, who voted in favor of the since-expired law in 2021, highlighted that vote when the rape lawsuit was filed against him last year, arguing that he "voted in favor" of the law in order to "ensure all New Yorkers can seek justice and be heard."
"These allegations are absolutely untrue," Parker said at the time. "My work and advocacy will continue."
NY State Sen. Kevin Parker, D- Brooklyn, stands at the podium, flanked by Senate members during a news conference at the Capitol in Albany, New York. Parker has been accused in a lawsuit of raping a woman early in his legislative career when he went to her home to discuss disaster relief efforts for Haiti. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)
He was eventually found guilty of misdemeanor criminal mischief charges and ordered to take anger-management classes, the New York Post report notes.
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Parker is being represented in the case by attorney Lonnie Hart Jr., who did not immediately return a Fox News Digital request for comment. Parker’s office did not immediately respond to a Fox News Digital request for comment.
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