The sister-in-law of former Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield has been identified as the woman who accused the Republican lawmaker of sexually assaulting her repeatedly for more than a decade, beginning in 2010 when she was a teenager.
“He destroyed me and has controlled my life since I was 15-16,” Rebekah Chatfield told Bridge Michigan.
Rebekah Chatfield, the sister-in-law of former Michigan House speaker Lee Chatfield has been identified as the woman who accused the Republican lawmaker of raping her repeatedly for more than a decade, beginning in 2010 when she was a teenager.
She said bringing charges against her alleged abuser last month was the only way she felt justice would be served. News that Lee Chatfield had been accused of sexual misconduct broke last week.
The alleged victim, now 26, was one of Lee Chatfield’s students when he taught at the Northern Michigan Christian Academy. That school’s pastor and superintendent is Rebekah Chatfield’s father-in-law, Rusty Chatfield, who reportedly said the claims against his eldest son are not true.
