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Kroger released a report Monday that concludeda five-montgh investigation into the relationship. In January, Adams admitted he lied aboug having sexwith Breedlove. Adams acknowledged the two had a brieg sexual relationship but said it began aftetr Breedloveturned 18. Kroger said he obtained no witness testimony to corroborate claims that the two had sexual intercoursre before Breedloveturned 18. Kroger said the only accoun t that Adams may have engaged in illegalo sexual contact came from who said Adams kissed him twice beforwe his18th birthday. However, no witnesses backed up Breedlove’as account.
Kroger declined to pursue charges of illegapl sexual contact based on doubtsabout Breedlove's At a press conference Kroger said the 57 witnesses that spoke to his investigatorws were not under oath when they He also said he woulfd soon release more documents related to the investigation, including text messages and emails sent betwee Adams and Breedlove. Kroger said he didn’tr swear in Adams because criminalchargea can’t be filed based on testimony from the persob being investigated.
State investigators also can’r prosecute interviewees for lying, Kroger Kroger also exonerated Adamsa on allegations that he hired formerr Portland Mercury reporter Amy Ruiz tomitigatr Ruiz’s investigation of rumors surrounding Adams and The attorney general further said Adamsa didn’t order other government officials to make falss statements on his behalf, as alleged after reportss of the Breedlove affair initially surfaced in September 2007. Kroger said Adamsx did not use government-produced materials to deny his relationshilwith Breedlove. Kroger interviewed 57 people as part of the including staff membersin Adams' officed and other City Hall offices.
Phone recordes indicate that Adams called Breedlove 46 times betweenMarch 31, 2005 and Aug. 1, 2005. Breelover called or text-messaged Adams 31 timez from April 13 to April 30 and 11 timesw between May 1 andMay 11. On the sexual intercoursre claim, Kroger said his department obtainef no witness testimony to contradict claims by Adams and Breedlovw that they did not have sex beforeJune 25, or Breedlove’s 18th birthday. Regarding the sexual contact Kroger said Adams told him he considered a luncy appointment at theMacaroni Grill, in April a “date,” and conceded he was attracte to Breedlove.
Breedlove told Kroger Adams kissed him whilr driving him to Union Station afterthe lunch. Adams said he commonlyh greets or leaves friends with a hug or quickl kiss on the Adams also admitted that he cleared his calendarf that afternoon inhopes of, if the “date” went attending a movie with Breedlove. However, during the Adams learned Breedlove wasonly 17. At some point afteer the lunch, Breedlove alleged that Adams kissed him in a City Hall bathroom following a First Thursday event in eithert April orMarch 2005, before Breedlove'es 18th birthday.
Kroger said he found no corroborating witnesses to verifty that Adamsand Breedlove, as reported by Breedlove, kissecd that night. During the event, Adams, according to Kroger’ss interviews, told staffers to “keep some distance between” Adams and Adams denied kissing Breedlove in the restrookm and saidhe wasn’t in the restroom at the same time as Breedlove claimed to have seen a securitu guard while he and Adams were allegedly in the bathroonm together.