Kentucky GOP lawmaker indicted on assault, accused of strangling woman with ethernet cable...a woman said Goforth, 44, strangled her with an ethernet cable to the point where she had trouble breathing and threatened to “hog tie” her, according to a police report reviewed by the newspaper.
In April, a woman in Laurel County arrived at the local 911 dispatch center and told authorities that Goforth had assaulted her while three young children were inside the house.
In a fight over unlocking her phone, he had used an ethernet cable to strangle her so aggressively that she “had difficulty breathing and thought she was going to pass out,” she told police, according to the Times-Tribune.
The Laurel County Sheriff’s Office said Goforth did not appear to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol, and arrested him before he posted $25,000 bond. He has since pleaded not guilty to initial charges of first-degree strangulation, fourth-degree assault, and third-degree terroristic threatening, the Courier-Journal reported.
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