A prominent member of Senator Doug Jones’ (D-AL) donor network, Hollywood filmmaker Max Landis, has been publicly accused of “wide range of emotional, physical and sexual abuse” by eight women.
The Daily Beast on Tuesday broke the story of “horrifying” allegations against Landis.
In addition to the eight women the outlet spoke with, receiving firsthand accounts, actress Anna Akana said that the total tally of Landis accusers would be too many to count.
After the news broke, Yellowhammer News discovered that Landis donated three times to Jones in 2017 in the immediate aftermath of allegations made in The Washington Post against then-Republican nominee Roy Moore.
The contributions came on the same dates (November 14, 21 and 28 of 2017) that other Hollywood elites shoveled large amounts of money into Jones’ coffers, including ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel.
Exclusive: Eight women accuse Hollywood filmmaker Max Landis of a wide range of emotional, physical and sexual abuse. A horrifying read. https://t.co/g7ASMITVaU
— Marlow Stern (@MarlowNYC) June 18, 2019
Jones faces reelection in 2020.
He has received more money from (and had more individual donors in) California than Alabama.
Congressman Bradley Byrne (AL-01), former Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville and State Rep. Arnold Mooney (R-Indian Springs) are the credible candidates who have formally announced Republican candidacies to unseat Jones thus far.
Moore will announce Thursday whether he will join that field.
Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill is expected to make an announcement on his potential Senate bid next week after filing his paperwork with the Federal Election Commission on Tuesday.
Sean Ross is a staff writer for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @sean_yhn
