FORMER LEADER SALMOND DENIES SEX ALLEGATIONS

Alex Salmond, the former leader of Scotland, is promising to take legal action against the Scottish government over the way it handled sexual harassment allegations against him.

Salmond described the allegations dating backing to 2013 over his conduct toward two staff members as “patently ridiculous.” The Daily Record newspaper reported the case has been handed to police.

“This is a procedure so unjust that even now I have not been allowed to see and therefore to properly challenge the case against me,” he said on Twitter. “I have not been allowed to see the evidence.”

Salmond has been a big figure on the Scottish political stage for decades and led the 2014 campaign to make Scotland independent of the United Kingdom.

Salmond stood down as Scotland’s first minister soon after voters backed remaining part of the U.K. in the referendum.

The Scottish Government said Friday that it was vital any harassment allegations are thoroughly investigated.