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*John Conyers III, the son of former Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), was arrested in February on suspicion of domestic violence but was not charged, multiple outlets reported this week.
News of his arrest comes a day after his father endorsed him to fill his recently vacated seat. As previously reported, the elder Conyers retired on Tuesday after multiple women said he sexually harassed them during his decades-long tenure in the House of Representatives ― allegations the lawmaker has denied.
The younger Conyers was arrested earlier this year in Los Angeles after his girlfriend suffered knife cuts during an argument. He confirmed the arrest in an interview with The New York Times, but said the incident did not lead to any charges because “the authorities did not see any need to proceed further.”
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“She says I stabbed her, which makes no sense,” Conyers told the outlet. “I didn’t do this. She and I had a verbal altercation and that escalated. She pulled the knife on me. She was chasing me. I tried to take it from her. There was a struggle. I pinned her to the wall. She kept swinging and she cut herself.”
Conyers’ girlfriend obtained a restraining order against him after the incident, which expires in March 2018.
After receiving his father’s endorsement, the younger Conyers told the Times on Wednesday that he still wasn’t sure if he would pursue the seat.
“I didn’t ask my dad to say that I was going to run because I don’t know if I am going to run,” Conyers said. “I was extremely caught off guard by his endorsement. This is what he wants. Who am I to tell him what he wants?”
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