Roy hits accusers in slander action

FAILED ALABAMA Senate candidate and accused child molester Roy Moore filed a lawsuit Monday claiming he was the victim of a political conspiracy.

The Republican ex-judge — who lost a special Senate election to Democrat Doug Jones in December — claims several of his accusers were actually carrying out a politically motivated slander campaign.

“The accusations made against Judge Moore during the U.S. Senate campaign arose from a political conspiracy to destroy his personal reputation and defeat him in the special Senate election,” Moore’s attorney, Melissa Isaak, said in a statement.

The lawsuit lists four of Moore’s nine accusers: Leigh Corfman, Debbie Wesson Gibson, Beverly Young Nelson and Tina Johnson. The suit charges the women “worked together” to defame Moore, 71, by making false accusations.

Several of Moore’s accusers allege he molested them when they were teenagers. Many provided detailed and disturbing evidence to back up their claims, including handwritten notes from Moore.