Former Idaho GOP Chairman Blake Hall denies allegations made in a civil suit by a former girlfriend he pleaded guilty to stalking last year. Allison Chambers and her husband, John, have sued Hall alleging that he assaulted and falsely imprisoned Mrs. Chambers, and trespassed, inflicted emotional distress, invaded her privacy and stalked her.
The Idaho Falls Post Register reported Thursday that Hall, of Idaho Falls, filed papers in 7th District Court on Wednesday denying the allegations. He also seeks a jury trial. Hall’s filing also says the Chamberses lacked sufficient information to prove their charges, including allegations that Hall repeatedly tossed used condoms on the couple’s lawn or had knowledge that another man named in the suit who was living with Hall did so.
The Chamberses complaint in Bonneville County court names Matthew Drake, a friend and housemate of Hall's, who told Idaho Falls police that he left used condoms at the Chamberses' home. A police report says Hall and/or Drake left a total of 19 condoms at the Chambers' home in 10 incidents in 2009.
Hall’s filing says his “contact with Allison prior to her June 6, 2009, marriage to John Chambers was in the nature of contacts and discussions which occurred in the context of two people ending a close personal relationship.”
Hall, 56, served 15 days in jail in November after he pleaded guilty to stalking Mrs. Chambers, 37.
Hall spent 23 years on the Republican National Committee, a post he resigned after his guilty plea. He was a member of the Idaho State Board of Education for nine years before resigning in April 2009.
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Even though this story is legitimate, because of the contradictory personal character and lifestyle Hall pretended to have, I believe focusing on this hypocrite's pathetic personal meltdown distracts from his HUGE ethical failures in 25 years of (mis)management of public money for the State Catastrophic Health Fund (colloquially known as The Cat Fund).
The State's no-bid assignment of the Cat Fund contract (for over 24 years) to Hall smacks of nepotistic, "taking care of" a GOP "Good 'Ol Boy" by the State GOP political leadership. Please provide the same amount of investigative journalism to this subject that you have spent exposing personal/political hypocrisy exhibited by political figures.
Focusing only on his idiotic, harrassing attempts at being a single man, distracts from the real story about the damage he and GOP leadership have done to the public trust with regards to the Cat Fund.
He's not on trial for that, just bein a playa.
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Like a midair collision with a tugboat
I am sick and tired of
I am sick and tired of hearing about this case, not only bc Blake Hall is a joke, but because Allison Chambers, the supposed victim is too.
She was a married woman sleeping with Blake Hall, knowing the kind of person he was. Her family warned her to stay away from him and even when Blake Hall started his unusual behavior with her, she didn't back off. It too her husband to get sick of his behavior before they attempted it to make it stop.
Allison Chambers is just the female version of Blake Hall and am sick of reading about both.