Three members of the Int'l Bhd. of Teamsters Local 115 were scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 25 in connection with the 1998 beating of Clinton protesters during a fundraising trip by Bill Clinton to Philadelphia. Mark Hopkins, Charles Davis and Norma Bottomer pled guilty in Sept. to various charges, including assault and conspiracy, in connection with the beating of protester Don Adams and his sister, Teri. Now five Teamsters have pled guilty in the case. In 1999, Marc Nardonne and Kevin McNulty pled guilty to charges of riot, conspiracy and assault.
Both Adamses were beaten to the ground by Teamsters after a fight broke out during Clinton's Oct. 1998 at the height of the House impeachment inquiry in the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
Adams later filed a criminal complaint accusing Local 115 president John P. Morris of starting the fight and of instructing union members to attack him. The beatings, broadcast on local television stations, left Adams with a gash under his eye and multiple bruises. A federal civil rights lawsuit brought by Adams against Morris is pending. [Wash. Times 10/25/00]
