From today's Cincinnati Enquirer...
http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050709/NEWS01/507090377Son says Malone hit him in '02
Incident was reported to Job & Family ServicesBy Sharon Coolidge
Enquirer staff writer Cincinnati City Councilman Sam Malone's son said Friday that his father beat him with a belt in 2002 - prompting a call from a school official to Hamilton County's child protection workers, who investigated.
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Malone's son called his father a liar in an interview with The Enquirer on Friday and in an e-mail he wrote to WCPO-TV(Channel 9) on July 1, detailing the 2002 allegation.
"He knows about this abuse with a belt. It was at my old school,'' the e-mail states. "I went to school with the bruises and showed them to my teacher. ... The school call 241-KIDS and they took pictures of my right leg where I had a cut for a very long time.
"My dad soon pulled me out of the school and I got another bad whooping,'' the e-mail continued.
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Malone, a Republican councilman seeking re-election, has declined to talk specifically about the May incident. But he has maintained that parents have the right and responsibility to discipline their children.
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