Woman says Roy Moore initiated sexual encounter when she was 14 he was 32
Leigh Corfman
Leigh Corfman   left  in a photo from 1979  when she was about 14. At right  from top  Wendy Miller around age 16  Debbie Wesson Gibson around age 17 and Gloria Thacker Deason around age 18. (Family photos)
 Leigh Corfman  says  she  was 14 years old when an older man approached  her  outside a courtroom in Etowah County  Ala.  She  was sitting on a wooden bench with  her  mother  they both recall  when the man introduced himself as Roy Moore.
It was early 1979 and Moore â now the Republican nominee in Alabama for a U.S. Senate seat â was a 32-year-old assistant district attorney. He struck up a conversation   Corfman  and  her  mother say  and offered to watch  the girl  while  her  mother went inside for a child custody hearing.
âHe said  âOh  you donât want  her  to go in there and hear all that. Iâll stay out here with  her  â â says Corfmanâs mother  Nancy Wells  71. âI thought  how nice for him to want to take care of  my little girl .â
This undated family photo shows  Leigh Corfman  with  her  mother  Nancy Wells  around 1979 when  Corfman  was about 14 years old. (Family Photo)
Alone with  Corfman   Moore chatted with her and asked for her phone number  she says. Days later  she says  he picked her up around the corner from her house in Gadsden  drove her about 30 minutes to his home in the woods  told her how pretty she was and kissed her. On a second visit  she says  he took off her shirt and pants and removed his clothes. He touched her over her bra and underpants  she says  and guided her hand to touch him over his underwear.
âI wanted it over with â I wanted out â she remembers thinking. âPlease just get this over with. Whatever this is  just get it over.â  Corfman  says  she  asked Moore to take  her  home  and he did.
Two of Corfmanâs childhood friends say  she  told them at the time that  she  was seeing an older man  and one says  Corfman  identified the man as Moore. Wells says her daughter told her about the encounter more than a decade later  as Moore was becoming more prominent as a local judge.
Aside from  Corfman   three other women interviewed by The Washington Post in recent weeks say Moore pursued them when they were between the ages of 16 and 18 and he was in his early 30s  episodes they say they found flattering at the time  but troubling as they got older. None of the three women say that Moore forced them into any sort of relationship or sexual contact.
[TGT] left  in a photo from 1979  when  [TGT]  was about 14. At right  from top  Wendy Miller around age 16  Debbie Wesson Gibson around age 17 and Gloria Thacker Deason around age 18. (Family photos)
  [TGT] says   [TGT]   was 14 years old when an older man approached   [TGT]   outside a courtroom in Etowah County  Ala.   [TGT]   was sitting on a wooden bench with   [TGT]   mother  they both recall  when the man introduced himself as Roy Moore.
It was early 1979 and Moore â now the Republican nominee in Alabama for a U.S. Senate seat â was a 32-year-old assistant district attorney. He struck up a conversation   Corfman  and  her  mother say  and offered to watch  the girl  while  her  mother went inside for a child custody hearing.
âHe said  âOh  you donât want  her  to go in there and hear all that. Iâll stay out here with  her  â â says Corfmanâs mother  Nancy Wells  71. âI thought  how nice for him to want to take care of  my little girl .â
This undated family photo shows  Leigh Corfman  with  her  mother  Nancy Wells  around 1979 when  Corfman  was about 14 years old. (Family Photo)
Alone with  Corfman   Moore chatted with her and asked for her phone number  she says. Days later  she says  he picked her up around the corner from her house in Gadsden  drove her about 30 minutes to his home in the woods  told her how pretty she was and kissed her. On a second visit  she says  he took off her shirt and pants and removed his clothes. He touched her over her bra and underpants  she says  and guided her hand to touch him over his underwear.
âI wanted it over with â I wanted out â she remembers thinking. âPlease just get this over with. Whatever this is  just get it over.â  Corfman  says  she  asked Moore to take  her  home  and he did.
Two of Corfmanâs childhood friends say  she  told them at the time that  she  was seeing an older man  and one says  Corfman  identified the man as Moore. Wells says her daughter told her about the encounter more than a decade later  as Moore was becoming more prominent as a local judge.
Aside from  Corfman   three other women interviewed by The Washington Post in recent weeks say Moore pursued them when they were between the ages of 16 and 18 and he was in his early 30s  episodes they say they found flattering at the time  but troubling as they got older. None of the three women say that Moore forced them into any sort of relationship or sexual contact.