--- title: Roy Moore Accuser Beverly Young Nelson Reacts to His Defeat description: Beverly Young Nelson told CNN that she still wants an investigation into the allegations against Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore. canonical: https://time.com/5062359/roy-moore-alabama-accuser-interview/ author: Samantha Cooney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-12-13T15:28:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-12T08:42:04.525Z article:section: Politics og:title: Roy Moore Accuser Still Wants an Investigation Into Sexual Misconduct Allegations og:description: 'I'm not giving up' og:url: https://time.com/5062359/roy-moore-alabama-accuser-interview/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt797097da263ba20b/6988e5b8656a3f9c12bd2741/alabama-senate-moore_wong.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5760 og:image:height: 3240 og:image:alt: Beverly Young Nelson, Gloria Allred og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Roy Moore Accuser Still Wants an Investigation Into Sexual Misconduct Allegations twitter:description: 'I'm not giving up' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt797097da263ba20b/6988e5b8656a3f9c12bd2741/alabama-senate-moore_wong.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # ‘I’m Not Giving Up.’ Roy Moore Accuser Still Wants Sexual Misconduct Allegations Investigated > Sponsored content. 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The embattled campaign of Alabama Senate Republican candidate Roy Moore responded to one of his accusers allegations of sexual assault with a desire to verify a piece of evidence she used in coming forward._  by [Samantha Cooney](https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/)  ## Samantha Cooney Dec 13, 2017 3:28 PM UTC The embattled campaign of Alabama Senate Republican candidate Roy Moore responded to one of his accusers allegations of sexual assault with a desire to verify a piece of evidence she used in coming forward.  by [Samantha Cooney](https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/)  ## Samantha Cooney Dec 13, 2017 3:28 PM UTC Beverly Young Nelson, who accused Republican Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore of [sexually assaulting her as a teenager](http://time.com/5021756/roy-moore-alabama-senate-race-fifth-accuser-beverly-young-nelson/), still wants the allegations against him to be investigated [even after his loss](http://time.com/5059673/alabama-special-election-results-2017-doug-jones/?xid=homepage) to Democrat Doug Jones. In an [interview on CNN _New Day_](http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2017/12/13/roy-moore-loss-accuser-nelson-allred-reacts-sot.cnn) on Wednesday morning, Nelson said she believed the allegations she and [eight other women](http://time.com/5029172/roy-moore-accusers/) made against Moore played a role in his defeat. Moore has repeatedly denied all of the allegations against him. “I feel like my story may have played a part in this. But I also believe that it was the other victims as well that also helped, you know, with all this. I feel like it was just not me. It was all of us,” Nelson said. “I’m very excited over that because, you know, there’s no reason for me to go and lie on television when this was, you know, the truth from day one.” > [](https://twitter.com/CNN/status/940926295327752192) Nelson said she doesn’t want the allegations against Moore to fade from public view because of his loss. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said earlier this month that Moore would [immediately face an ethics investigation in the Senate](http://time.com/5050655/roy-moore-mitch-mcconnell-trump/) if he won the race. Though Moore won’t join the Senate now, Nelson still wants an investigation. “I intend on still pursuing it,” she said. “I’m not giving up.” Nelson [came forward](http://time.com/5021756/roy-moore-alabama-senate-race-fifth-accuser-beverly-young-nelson/) at a Nov. 13 press conference days after the Washington _Post_ reported that Moore had [initiated a sexual encounter](https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/woman-says-roy-moore-initiated-sexual-encounter-when-she-was-14-he-was-32/2017/11/09/1f495878-c293-11e7-afe9-4f60b5a6c4a0%5Fstory.html?utm%5Fterm=.42fdf697455c) with 14-year-old [Leigh Corfman](http://time.com/5022752/roy-moore-gadsden-alabama/) and pursued romantic relationships with other women between the ages of 16 and 18 when he was in his 30s and a state district attorney. Nelson said that Moore groped her and forced her head into his crotch in his car in 1977 when she was 16\. At the press conference, she presented a yearbook she said Moore signed for her with the note: “To a sweeter, more beautiful girl I could not say Merry Christmas. Love Roy Moore, D.A.” Moore [denied the allegations](http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/11/roy%5Fmoore%5Fresponds%5Fresponds%5Fto.html) as “absolutely false,” saying that he didn’t know Nelson. His campaign [called on Nelson](http://time.com/5026660/roy-moore-campaign-yearbook-sexual-assault-response/) to release the yearbook so experts could verify the authenticity of the signature. Nelson later [said](http://time.com/5057126/roy-moore-beverly-young-nelson/) she wrote some words beneath the signature, which prompted Moore to accuse her of lying. > [](https://twitter.com/MooreSenate/status/939191085733175296) “She should have her reputation back,” Gloria Allred, Nelson’s attorney, told CNN on Wednesday. “Beverly is one of the most honest people you’ll meet in your life, and she deserves her reputation back.” ## Transcript [00:00] Look at the 1977 after Merry Christmas, look at those [00:03] two sevens. And then look below at the 77. And [00:07] I want to ask you, do you think it was written by the [00:10] same person? I want you to look at Olde Hickory [00:15] House, which they say Judge Moore wrote. Judge [00:18] Moore says there's no way in the world That's his [00:21] handwriting. We have a handwriting expert, pardon [00:24] me, that's looking at those. But here's the problem, a [00:27] handwriting expert can't look at a copy on the Internet, [00:29] right? They've gotta look at an original. So right now [00:33] Trent Garmon, our attorney, has sent a letter or is [00:35] sending a letter to Gloria Allred demanding that the [00:39] yearbook be released. We'll send it to a neutral [00:43] custodian. We'll keep chain of custody. And our [00:46] professional expert will examine it and we'll find out, is [00:49] it genuine? 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