Nation IN BRIEF : MINNESOTA : Senator Agrees to Take Paternity Test
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Sen. Dave Durenberger (R-Minn.) said he’ll take a paternity test to disprove a woman’s claim that he raped her in 1963 and fathered a son. Joyce A. Rauscher, who said she was attacked after hiring Durenberger as a divorce lawyer, is seeking at least $50,000 in damages for physical and emotional pain and the cost of raising the son. A lawsuit against Durenberger was expected to be filed Monday, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported. “With every fiber in my being I deny what this woman has charged me with,” Durenberger said in a statement.
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