Former vice president Al Gore was accused by a Oregon masseuse in 2006 of inappropriate sexual contact, according to a police report from local law enforcement. The criminal investigation was eventually dropped, either due to lack of evidence or lack of cooperation from the accuser (reportedly because the woman was seeking a civil case at the time, though it appears no suit was filed).

The story was originally reported by the National Inquirer and followed-up by WaPo:

Authorities in Portland, Ore., investigated in late 2006 and early 2007 a masseuse’s claim that she was sexually assaulted by former vice president and Nobel laureate Al Gore during his visit to that city, but the matter was eventually dropped for lack of evidence, officials said Wednesday.
The woman who alleged the assault through her lawyer declined initially to be interviewed by police and did not want officers to pursue the matter, the Multnomah County district attorney’s office said Wednesday. She later reconsidered and met with Portland police detectives in January 2009, telling them she “was repeatedly subjected to unwanted sexual touching.”
The detectives concluded after that interview that they lacked enough evidence to proceed with an investigation, the police department said in a statement.
“At this point, the Police Bureau does not consider this an ongoing investigation unless new evidence is received in this case,” it said.
Gore spokeswoman Kalee Kreider declined to respond Wednesday to specific questions about the matter. When asked about it by the Portland Tribune in 2007 and 2008, Gore’s attorneys strongly denied the claim, calling it “completely false.”

Apologies to any Cornerites who read this before settling in to sleep.