Sen. Damon Thayer’s former fiancee says he threatened to use political power against her

Kentucky Senate Majority Leader Damon Thayer’s ex-fiancee has alleged in a lawsuit that he threatened to use his political power against her.

The couple are embroiled in a legal battle concerning a home they own, and the allegations are part of lawsuits Thayer, R-Georgetown, and his former fiancee Tonya Branham have filed against each other, the Georgetown News-Graphic reported Saturday.

After an argument in which police were called to the home Dec. 14, Branham claims that Thayer said he would prevent a police report from being created.

Georgetown police told the News-Graphic that no report was generated because there was no allegation of physical violence and no crime was committed.

Branham also claims that Thayer threatened to get the Administrative Office of the Courts to no longer allow her to serve as a Families in Transition counselor and to try to keep her from volunteering with Court Appointed Special Advocates, the newspaper reported.

The couple became engaged in July 2014, but Thayer ended the engagement in November, according to the legal documents.

Thayer filed a lawsuit against Branham over the ownership of the home on Spyglass Drive in Georgetown this month and has sought to keep her from entering the house, a request a judge denied last week.

This story was originally published February 20, 2016 at 8:03 PM with the headline "Sen. Damon Thayer’s former fiancee says he threatened to use political power against her."