Greg Ball was a New York state senator. He was accused in 2016 of banging a woman’s head against a post while trying to force her to perform oral sex. The woman held back from reporting for several months, claiming she feared Ball and was too embarrassed. A few days after she gave the report she said she did not want to press charges.
The police report gives a full, and frightening account of her experience. Ball has retained an attorney to threaten her. He called it politically motivated, but it was never made public during the election.
He has a history. An ex-girlfriend took out an order of protection when they broke up. A bartender claimed he groped her. A woman wrote a letter accusing him of sexual harassment, but that accusation was found to be not credible. He ran an ad in his senate campaign with a woman who claimed to be his ex-girlfriend and endorsing him, but she was his finance director.
- Times Union: Woman’s claims shadow ex-senator
- New York Daily News: Greg Ball’s Ex (not that one) strikes back
Oct 20, 2010