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The Christopher J. Dumler Sexual Abuse Scandal began on October 19th, 2012 when the scandal's namesake was arrested and charged with Forcible Sodomy. Christopher Dumler is the representative for the Scottsville District to the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors in Albemarle County, Virginia. Through a publicist, Dumler maintained his innocence and said he would offer a "vigorous defense".

In the following weeks two more complainants accused Dumler of sexual misconduct or abuse. On January 31, 2013 he plead guilty to the reduced charged of misdemeanor Sexual Battery. He was sentenced to twelve months incarceration, with all but sixty days of the sentence suspended. The plea bargain requires that Dumler undergo a sexual evaluation be on good behavior for two years. The plea bargain also stipulates that no charges will be pressed against Dumler regarding the additional complainants, who agreed to the terms of the deal. On March 8th he reported the the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail to begin serving his 30 day sentence, which he will serve on weekends over 15 weeks.

Calls for Dumler's resignation began shortly after his guilty plea to Sexual Battery and have come from a variety of sources. Despite these calls Dumler has made clear his intent to continue representing the Scottsville District. The scandal has been given national and international media coverage by The Washington Post and the United Kingdom's Daily Mail.

Entities Calling for Dumler's Resignation
SARA (Citation Needed)

Jefferson Area Tea Party

The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors

Charlottesville Democratic Party (Citation Needed)

Albemarle Democratic Party

Virginia House of Delegates Minority Leader David Toscano (Democrat)

Socialist Party of Central Virgina (citation needed)

Criticism
Shortly after pleading guilty to Sexual Battery Dumler began to experience political fallout that including a legal petition calling for his removal, protests at Board of Supervisors meetings and the jail and pressure to resign from his fellow board members which resulted in his resignation from all board-appointed committees.

A Scottsville Magesterial Disctrict resident has submitted a legal petition to the Albemarle Circuit Court asking a judge to remove Dumler from his position on the Board of Supervisors. The petition required the signatures of 10 % of the total votes that were cast in the election for Dumler's District. A motions hearing is scheduled for April 29th and a trial to consider the petition is scheduled for May 20. (Citation Needed).

Protesters calling for Dumler's resignation or removal have demonstrated local Democratic Party events , Albemarle County Board of Supervisors meetings, the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail and the Albemarle County Circuit Court (Citation needed)

Amid pressure from the other members on the Board of Supervisors Dumler resigned from all appointed boards, committees and commissions on March 13, 2013. During this closed-door meeting, the board also established a procedure should any member of the board suddenly resign.

On February 15th a local news outlet reported that Christopher Dumler had received a death threat. Dumler said he could not comment on the details of an ongoing investigation while the Albemarle Police Department had no comment at all. Albemarle County Spokeswoman Carter Johnson says they learned about the threat from the media.

Support
Tom Olivier, chairman of the Piedmont blah blah of the Sierra club has thanked DUmler for his years of service. (Citation Needed) The Albemarle Democratic assholes did the same in their statement calling for his resignation. (Citation Needed)