(Jefferson County, IA) -- An Iowa lawmaker, facing a lawsuit from his daughter, releases a statement on the allegations.
Jefferson County Republican Senator Adrian Dickey is accused of forging Korynn Dickey's signature to put a lien on her car after getting the title without her consent, which stopped her from getting money from her insurance when her car was totaled in May.
A hearing is scheduled for August 28.
Dickey's statement reads as follows:
"I am highly disappointed that not a single media outlet in the state, has reached out to me and asked for a quote before they published this article. That is journalistic laziness. This lawsuit does not affect a affect single constituent that I represent. Including my daughter, or my ex-wife, who live outside of SD44.
I am NOT guilty of a thing. I am a loving father, who 3 years ago bought a safe and dependable vehicle for my daughter to drive while she was going to college in California.
Documents will show that conversations took place between Korynn and I where she consented to me placing myself as a lien holder and that I would have to do the paperwork because she was going to school in California. Documents will also show that she clearly understood a reason I was going to make myself a lien holder was to prevent her from selling the car for quick cash or trading it in on a vehicle that she could not afford. After all, I paid for the entire car, no one else has ever paid a dime for it. Not one cent.
The car was involved in an accident and was totaled. Unfortunately the plaintiffs choose to go spend $40,000 that they didn’t have to buy a new car they couldn’t afford, before they bothered to reach out to the person who had the title and was the lien holder of the vehicle.
I always have, and I always will love my daughter, no matter how many harmful or hurtful things she said or does. At some point this young lady has to realize that there are consequences in life with decisions that are made and with words that are said. That is something that I have tried to instill in her entire life, however, as you have seen with the other plaintiffs that were in this lawsuit, I’ve been doing this on my own for 20 years, and it is very difficult."