Ellis case could help 'dismantle climate of sexual predation'
HARRISBURG — The victims advocate for Pennsylvania said her client’s “brave and courageous” decision to come forward with allegations of sexual assault against state Rep. Brian Ellis, R-11, could spell the end of a dangerous climate of sexual predation in the state capital.
“I really think we’re getting to a point where we’re starting to dismantle the culture that has existed for far too long, not just in society, but in Harrisburg,” said Jennifer Storm, victims advocate.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported yesterday that the Dauphin County District Attorney’s Office opened a criminal investigation into allegations that Ellis, who represents much of Butler County, had sex in 2015 with a woman at his Harrisburg residence without her consent.
Storm would not give a name, age or place of residence for the victim, but said that she was not intoxicated during the assault.
“She was involuntarily incapacitated,” Storm said.
She would not divulge whether the victim was incapacitated by Ellis or someone else.
Regarding the criminal investigation coming three years after the incident, Storm said her client has spoken of it before.
Read more about this story in Sunday’s Butler Eagle.
