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Unfounded rumors that Somerville Mayor S. Lester Ralph was arrested for sexual assault have persisted as a result of an organized campaign to discredit the mayor, John Kerry, assistant district attorney of Middlesex County, said in a press release issued Tuesday.
Kerry stated in the press release that because rumors of Ralph's sexual misconduct persisted through this week, "the conduct of people calling the news media in an anonymous and organized fashion telling details of an incident that never occured is positively reprehensible--it is the basest of human behavior...
The man who charged Ralph with sexual assault admitted several hours after making the charge that he had lied, Kerry stated in the press release.
Kerry also stated that a polygraph test administered to the man after he had withdrawn the charge confirmed the charge was false.
Bruce Edmonds, administrative assistant to Kerry, said yesterday, "We have seen nothing to warrant further investigation" of the alleged effort to discredit Ralph.