An ex-deputy who accused former King County Sheriff John Urquhart of groping him in a Renton parking lot four years ago has filed a countersuit as part of a formal response to Urquhart's pending defamation lawsuit against him.
A suburban Seattle police investigator says probable cause exists to charge King County Sheriff John Urquhart with a sexual-assault crime for allegedly groping a former deputy more than three years ago.
Police in the Seattle suburb of Renton are conducting a criminal investigation into the King County Sheriff over a former deputy's accusation that the sheriff sexually assaulted him in 2014.
