Nessel: Criminal investigation into former State House Speaker Lee Chatfield to be resolved "in short order"

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We may soon learn the results of a nearly two-year investigation of former state House Speaker Lee Chatfield.

The investigation began after Chatfield’s former sister-in-law accused him of sexual assault. He denies the allegations. The investigation later reportedly expanded to include Chatfield’s campaign finances.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said earlier in 2023 she expected to wrap up the investigation by the end of the year.

In Flint Thursday, Nessel said her office is working “expeditiously” to resolve the investigation.

https://www.michiganradio.org/politics-government/2023-12-07/nessel-criminal-investigation-into-former-state-house-speaker-lee-chatfield-to-be-resolved-in-short-order

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Sister-in-law: Ex-MI House Speaker Lee Chatfield sexually assaulted me as teen

LANSING—Former Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield manipulated and sexually assaulted the teenage girlfriend of his younger brother when she was a student at the Christian academy where he taught, the woman said she has told police.

Michigan State Police and the Lansing Police Department are investigating the criminal complaint filed by the woman, who is now Chatfield’s sister-in-law. She said the encounters continued for more than a decade into 2021.

Chatfield — a pastor’s son whose website was emblazoned with the slogan "Faith, Family, Service" before it went offline in the past week — was the youngest Michigan House speaker in more than a century when legislative colleagues elected him to the powerful position at the age of 30 in 2018.

But behind the squeaky clean image, Chatfield took advantage of the girl’s vulnerabilities when she was a high school student and continued to sexually assault her throughout his political tenure in Lansing, including inside his Capitol office, Rebekah Chatfield, now 26, said in a series of interviews in recent weeks with Bridge Michigan.

https://www.bridgemi.com/children-families/sister-law-ex-mi-house-speaker-lee-chatfield-sexually-assaulted-me-teen