The newly elected nominee for Democratic Lt. Governor is fielding questions about a 2005 arrest for domestic battery.
Pawnbroker Scott Lee Cohen said he had gotten in a fight with his drunken girlfriend, but that he never hit her.
However, court records tell a different story.
The police report said Cohen supposedly put a knife to her throat and pushed her head against a wall.
Gov. Pat Quinn said he knew nothing about the abuse allegations against Scott Lee Cohen until after Tuesday’s election.
While calling for Cohen to fully answer all questions about the charges, he predicted Cohen ultimately will have to drop out of the race.
“I think that will be the way it will go,” Quinn said at a news conference.
In an unrelated incident, the woman had been charged with prostitution six months beforehand. Cohen said he thought she was a massage therapist.
The misdemeanor charges were dropped when the victim failed to show up in court.
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