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Man Alleges Sexual Assault by Soles INSIDE THIS ISSUE: DEPARTMENTS Challenger North Carolina 2 C A R O L I N A Education 10 backs term- Higher Education 13 limit pledge Local Government 16 Books & the Arts 20 with large Opinion 24 Parting Shot 28 check /5 A MONTHLY JOURNAL OF NEWS, ANALYSIS AND OPINION JOURNALFROM THE JOHN LOCKE FOUNDATION November 2009 Vol. 18. No. 11 STATEWIDE EDITION Check us out online at carolinajournal.com and johnlocke.org Verizon bought booze Man Alleges Sexual Assault By Soles for state employees Says he was 13 while negotiating when Soles lured $51 million contract, him to his home records suggest Y AVID ASS BY DON CARRINGTON B D N. B Executive Editor Associate Editor RALEIGH RALEIGH 47-year-old North Carolina man xpenses documented by Veri- says that when he was 13 years zon Business and released by the old State Sen. R. C. Soles Jr. of state suggest the telecommuni- ATabor City lured him to his secluded Ecations company bought alcohol for lakeside home, plied him with alcohol state employees on at least a dozen oc- and sexually as- casions, even while negotiating a $51.5 saulted him. million contract to support the state’s The man Carolina Journal Executive Editor Don Carrington, right, interviews “Jay,” a man who vehicle inspections program. said Soles, 74, a says he was sexually assaulted by State Sen. R.C. Soles Jr. nearly 35 years ago at State officials and Verizon repre- 40-year veteran of the senator’s home in Tabor City. (CJ photo) sentatives won’t confirm whether spir- its were part of more than 200 meals the North Caro- 19. The man, who did not want his real from the alcohol and awoke to find the company says it bought for em- lina General As- name used or his face shown on cam- Soles performing oral sex on him. He ployees and their significant others at sembly and chair- era, will be called Jay in this story. then was raped, he said. He described the Department of Transportation and man of the Senate Jay said the first incident oc- the event in graphic terms that CJ has the Department of Environment and Democratic Cau- curred after Soles, a prominent lawyer chosen not to use in this publication. State. Sen. R.C. Natural Resources over the past four cus, threatened and legislator, offered him a ride and Jay said there were many other Soles Jr. years. But per-person expenditures at him and his family the two ended up at Soles’ lakefront sexual encounters with Soles over a pe- the bars and restaurants suggest that to gain his silence. home. The 4,000-square-foot home, riod of approximately six months. He such beverages were on the tab mul- “He told me if I ever told anyone built in 1968, sits on a secluded two- said the relationship ended when he tiple times. he would make life hell for me and my acre site just outside the city limits. left town to stay with other relatives. parents,” he told Carolina Journal in an Soles served him beer and mixed interview videotaped the week of Oct. drinks, Jay said. He said he passed out Continued as “Man,” Page 2 Continued as “Verizon,” Page 3 Media Reports Prompted Hearings on Easley PAID BY CJ STAFF Questions surrounding free trav- RALEIGH el, cars, home renovations, discounted RALEIGH, NC U.S. POSTAGE PERMIT NO. 1766 NONPROFIT ORG. he hearing that convened Oct. real estate, high-paying jobs, and other 26 in downtown Raleigh by the perks provided the govenor and his North Carolina Board of Elec- family first came to light in the press tionsT marked the first time a current and laid the foundation for the board’s or former governor had faced a formal investigation. inquiry into campaign finances. CJ’s initial story on the Easley While earlier investigations led scandals, dated March 13, 2006, high- to criminal prosecutions and jail time lighted the governor’s failure to dis- for former state Agriculture Com- close a $150,000 renovation contract missioner Meg Scott Phipps, former with Wilmington businessman and House Speaker Jim Black, and former political donor Nick Garrett. As Execu- state Rep. Thomas Wright, former Gov. McQueen Campbell, a long-time Easley tive Editor Don Carrington reported, supporter, testifies before the State Elec- Mike Easley is by far the most promi- tions Board on Oct. 26. (CJ photo by Don Garrett was part owner of a Marina nent public official to find himself in Carrington) in Southport that received a valuable the election board’s cross hairs. lease from the state. Easley called on The unprecedented investiga- degree as a result of a series of inves- the Council of State to approve the tion of Easley, who served two terms tigative reports published in Carolina as attorney general and two terms as Journal The John Locke Foundation 200 W. Morgan St., #200 Raleigh, NC 27601 over the past three years and in governor, was made possible to a large other media outlets more recently. Continued as “Media,” Page 4 PAGE 2 NOVEMBER 2009 | CAROLINA JOURNAL C A R O L I N A Man Alleges Sexual Assault By Sen. R.C. Soles Jr. Continued from Page 1 JOURNAL He did not tell his parents about his encounters with Soles. Jay returned to Rick Henderson Tabor City when he was 18 years old, Managing Editor saying it was his impression that Soles preferred relationships with minor Don Carrington teens and he no longer had to fear him. Executive Editor Jay no longer lives in Tabor City. WWAY-TV in Wilmington has David N. Bass, Mitch Kokai reported that, over a period of years, Michael Lowrey the Tabor City 911 dispatcher has re- Associate Editors ceived numerous calls regarding vio- Jana Benscoter, Kristen Blair lent encounters between Soles and Roy Cordato, Becki Gray young men, either at his law office or Paige Holland Hamp, David Hartgen his home. Sam A. Hieb, Lindalyn Kakadelis Soles placed some of the calls, George Leef, Karen McMahan sometimes bypassing the 911 system al- Donna Martinez, Sarah Okeson together and calling the mobile phones Karen Palasek, Lee Raynor of Tabor City police officers. The News Marc Rotterman, Jim Stegall & Observer of Raleigh reported in Oc- George Stephens, Jeff Taylor tober that during one two-week period Michael Walden, Karen Welsh in 2008, police went to Soles’ home Hal Young, John Calvin Young seven times. Contributors Credible allegations Laura Barringer, Jacob Burgdorf Adrienne Dunn, Marissa Farell Wilmington psychologist Dr. S. State Sen. R.C. Soles Jr.’s secluded lakeside home,where he allegedly sexually as- Ben Goldhaber, Hans Kist Michael Plaut, who was on the faculty saulted a 13-year-old boy nearly 35 years ago, according to the boy himself, now 47 years old. (CJ photo by Don Carrington) Caitlin McLean, Alex Pitsinos, at the School of Psychiatry at the Uni- Sara Riggins, Andrew Schreiber versity of Maryland for 35 years, and Investigation. Recent incidents Editorial Interns who is past president of the Society Jay said he also has talked Wright received $8,000 from Published by of Sex Therapy by phone with Soles’ attorney, Joe and Research, Cheshire of Raleigh, to inform him Soles while serving time in prison, The John Locke Foundation WWAY reported. Both Blackburn and 200 W. Morgan St., # 200 is an expert on about the interview with WWAY. Jay Raleigh, N.C. 27601 professional-cli- told CJ that he is not seeking money Wright have been in prison and were (919) 828-3876 • Fax: 821-5117 ent boundaries by coming forward, but thinks Soles legal clients of Soles. www.JohnLocke.org and sexual ex- should be in prison for what he has Also in August, Allen Strickland, ploitation. Plaut done to him and others. 17, another client of Soles, was arrested Jon Ham reviewed CJ’s Cheshire and Soles did not re- for allegedly burning down a house Vice President & Publisher videotaped in- spond to requests for an interview that Soles bought for him. Soles also terview with Jay bought Strickland a Corvette, even John Hood about these allegations. and said he also Chairman & President The SBI is part of the N. C. De- though Strickland does not have a has reviewed a Dr. S. Michael partment of Justice and is under the driver’s license. Bruce Babcock, Herb Berkowitz Plaut videotaped inter- authority of Attorney General Roy Strickland recently wrecked the view Jay did with Charlie Carter, Jim Fulghum Cooper. Before car. Strickland, WWAY, which had yet to be aired at Chuck Fuller, Bill Graham being elected at- who appeared in Robert Luddy, Assad Meymandi press time. torney general Columbus County Baker A. Mitchell Jr., Carl Mumpower, “To me it sounded very credible,” in 2000, Cooper Jay said recent District Court Oct. J. Arthur Pope, Thomas A. Roberg, Plaut told CJ at his office Oct. 24. “It is David Stover, J.M Bryan Taylor, served in the N. C. 23 for previous very unfortunate what allegedly hap- news stories traffic violations, Andy Wells pened to him. But what he says is con- Senate with Soles told CJ he did not Board of Directors sistent with what I have heard in other for 10 years. Jus- prompted him have an attorney cases of a similar nature which I have tice Department Carolina Journal is a monthly journal to come for the arson case. been involved in over the last 25 years s p o k e s w o m a n of news, analysis, and commentary on state While Soles or so.” Noelle Talley con- forward and local government and public policy issues was not Jay’s at- in North Carolina.
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