Political Wire: “John Tilley, former secretary of Kentucky’s Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, was arrested in downtown Lexington and charged with first degree rape Monday morning,” the Lexington Herald Ledger reports.
“An arrest citation alleges that Tilley had sex with a victim who could not consent due to their level of intoxication. The alleged rape occurred on April 15, but Tilley was not detained on the charge until Monday.”
“Tilley was previously a Democratic state representative, but was appointed to serve as a cabinet member over the state’s justice department by former Republican Gov. Matt Bevin. He served in that capacity during the entirety of the Bevin administration.”