Likely next steps in Murray lawsuit<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nKING 5 reached out to Seattle city council members, but so far none of them have commented on the allegations against Murray.<\/p>\n
D.H. wasn\u2019t the first person to accuse Murray of sexual abuse. Jeff Simpson of Portland, Ore. also claimed Murray abused him as a teenager in the 1980s.<\/p>\n
Simpson, 49, said he first met Murray when he was six-years-old living in an orphanage. Murray was appointed Simpson\u2019s resource parent, according to Simpson, and Simpson said he later went to live with Murray.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was my only parent figure,\u201d said Simpson, who now works on a county road crew.<\/p>\n
The abuse began when Simpson was 13 and continued for about four years. It stopped after Simpson told workers at a group home in 1984 about the abuse.<\/p>\n
\u201cPart of what I\u2019ve gone through, the shame and the guilt, that I thought was me,\u201d Simpson said. \u201cSome of the things that I\u2019ve done, it\u2019s been hard to want to go on sometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Simpson said the lawsuit coming out now \u201cvictimizes me again,\u201d and he would testify against Murray.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would ask him to please tell the truth,\u201d Simpson said. \u201cStop this right now and please tell the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n