North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson hospitalized after 'incident' at campaign event

MOUNT AIRY, N.C. -- North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson has been hospitalized pursuing an "incident" astatine a run lawsuit Friday evening successful Mount Airy, a idiosyncratic adjacent to his run told ABC News.

Robinson remains hospitalized and his information is unclear.

When asked astir his information and whether Robinson was OK, a idiosyncratic adjacent to his run responded with: "I'll get you much info arsenic soon arsenic I person it."

The quality comes days aft respective staff members resigned astatine Robinson's bureau and connected his campaign team.

Robinson appeared astatine an lawsuit successful Boone connected Monday wherever helium addressed caller allegations made against him successful a study from CNN.

The claims, which ABC News has not independently verified, absorption connected controversial comments Robinson allegedly made connected a porn tract years ago. Robinson has denied them, calling them "salacious lies." His run announced it had retained ineligible counsel to investigate.

In a quality release, Robinson said helium was assured the Binnall Law Group from bluish Virginia "will permission nary chromatic unturned and alteration america to usage each ineligible means to clasp CNN accountable for their lies." Firm spouse Jesse Binnall has represented erstwhile President Donald Trump and his run successful litigation.