Pro-law until ‘rape’ suit filed vs. him
A Brooklyn state senator claims the law allowing a rape lawsuit against him to move forward was unconstitutional — even though he actually voted for the legislation and then bragged about it.
In court records filed this month, notoriously hot-headed Democratic pol Kevin Parker formally denied the rape allegations against him. But he also went a step further, asserting that the Adult Survivors Act, which allowed the lawsuit against him to proceed, was unconstitutional.
The now-expired act permitted alleged victims to file civil lawsuits against their accused attackers within a certain window even if the state’s statute of limitations had run out on their claims.
Parker was accused of the 2004 alleged attack in November 2023 in a claim that made it just under the wire.
He voted for the legislation in 2021, along with every other member of the state Senate.
Parker even touted his support of the law in a statement in which he denied the rape charges against him shortly after they were levied in November.
“I voted in favor of the [Adult Survivors Act] to ensure all New Yorkers can seek justice and be heard,” Parker wrote of the legislation, which was also passed by the Assembly, signed into law by Gov. Hochul in May 2022 and expired in November 2023.
“These allegations are absolutely untrue. My work and advocacy will continue,” Parker said.
Alleged 2004 assault
Olga Jean-Baptiste says she was working with Parker on relief efforts for Haiti in 2004 when he grabbed her by the wrists and forcibly raped her at her home, allegations that Hochul has called “deeply disturbing.”
Neither Parker’s Senate rep nor his lawyer returned Post requests for comment about his latest legal filing in the case. It isn’t Parker’s first run-in with the law.
In 2005, he got slapped with misdemeanor assault charges after slugging a traffic cop who wrote him a ticket.
A few years later, Parker lashed out at a Post photographer and smashed his camera as the journalist was snapping pics of him outside his Flatbush home.
Parker was found guilty on misdemeanor criminal mischief charges and forced to attend angermanagement classes.
The same lawyer who represented Parker in that case, Lonnie Hart Jr., is defending him against the sexual-assault charges.