Fresno City Council candidate responds, denies rape allegation with his wife

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- With governmental mailers turning a Fresno City Council contention personal, campaigner Brandon Vang and his wife, May Lee, responded to transgression allegations during an interrogation with Action News connected Wednesday.

"I was aggravated astatine first. I was shocked that I person been accused of rape, and I person ne'er seen immoderate documents relating to that," Vang said.

He is moving to capable the Fresno City Council District 5 spot vacated by present Fresno County Supervisor Luis Chavez.

Hundreds of mailers arrived successful District 5 past week, alleging Vang engaged successful statutory rape starring to a 1993 gestation with his present woman earlier they were married.

It was their archetypal of 5 children.

Brandon says helium was 20, and Lee confirms she was conscionable 15.

"If I had to bash it each implicit again, I astir apt would person done the aforesaid happening because, you know, I emotion Brandon, and passim this full time, I don't telephone it a mistake," Lee said.

"Yes, it was a teen pregnancy, but I bash not, to this day, telephone it a mistake."

The instrumentality defines the statutory rape arsenic enactment with a minor.

It is based connected the content that anyone nether 18 cannot legally consent.

We asked Lee if she believes she was raped.

"No, I was not," she said.

"And person you ever been accused of rape?" we asked Vang.

"No, determination has ne'er been immoderate accusations oregon rape," helium said. "There has ne'er been, to my knowledge, immoderate filings of immoderate transgression activities against me."

The Fresno County District Attorney's Office tells Action News it has nary "records that interest transgression matters" for Vang.

The mailer's assertion cites elector registration records and shows a representation of a tribunal document, stating Vang was sued to wage kid support.

Records obtained by Action News amusement determination was a summons, but Vang says helium was ne'er served.

"You're saying that the archetypal clip you saw this papers was successful the mailer. Were you alert of immoderate kid enactment enactment backmost successful 1993?" we asked.

"Again, this is the archetypal clip that I've seen this mailer oregon immoderate documents relating to this," Vang said.

His denial comes aft Fresno City Attorney Andrew Janz launched an probe into who sent the mailer, saying they did not record the required paperwork.

Hours later, the sender came forward, identifying themself successful a governmental filing arsenic Riley Moore with the Fresno Future Forward group.

Moore present faces a thousand-dollar good for failing to comply with predetermination laws, and Vang says helium is considering ineligible enactment against Moore.

"We volition triumph this race, but astatine the aforesaid time, erstwhile the attraction is distant from the campaign, we volition absorption connected our options," Vang said.

"And so, determination is thing that is disconnected the array astatine this time."

Action News has not yet heard backmost from Riley Moore.

Vang volition look disconnected against Chavez's wife, Elizabeth Jonasson Rosas, connected Tuesday.

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