Overview

• New York State Senator Kevin Parker is accused of raping a woman in her apartment in 2004, according to a lawsuit filed under the state's expiring Adult Survivors Act.
• The alleged victim, Olga Jean-Baptiste, was working with Parker to coordinate relief efforts for Haiti at the time of the alleged assault.
• The lawsuit was filed just before the expiration of the Adult Survivors Act, a law that suspended the usual time limit for accusers to sue, which Parker voted for twice.
• Parker, a Democrat, has not yet commented on the allegations, and his office did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
• This is not the first time Parker has faced allegations of assault; he was previously arrested and charged with assault in 2005 and convicted of misdemeanor criminal mischief in 2010.