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Al Gore, the constructer U.S. president, has been cleared of allegations he groped and assaulted a masseuse in Portland, Ore., in 2006. (Mark Humphrey/Associated Press)

Former U.S. vice-president Al Gore was cleared Friday of allegations he groped and assaulted a masseuse in a luxury Portland, Ore., tavern room in 2006, closing a case that could have tarnished the Nobel prize winner’sitting reputation.

After a four-week investigation that included interviews through Gore, masseuse Molly Hagerty, her acquaintances and hotel staff, as well as testing a suit of stained pants belonging to Hagerty, Multnomah County District Attorney Michael Schrunk said there was none foundation for prosecution.

In a memo to Schrunk released with the judgment, Don Rees, the senior deputy territory solicitor, cited “contradictory testimony, conflicting evidence statements, credibility issues, lack of forensic evidence and denials by dint of. Mr. Gore.”

Rees also said Hagerty and her attorneys were unco-operative, witnesses could not remember anything unusual, Hagerty failed a polygraph examination and she would not say whether she was paid through a tabloid gazette according to her story.

Gore aides welcomed the news.

“Mr. Gore unequivocally and emphatically denied this accusation when he first learned of its creature three years ago,” spokeswoman Kalee Kreider declared in a statement. “He respects and appreciates the thorough and professional work of the Portland authorities and is pleased that this body has it being so that been resolved.”

Gore and his attorneys met with Portland detectives in San Francisco on July 22, telling them he remembered almost nothing in various places the woman and was “completely baffled” by her statements, according to the memo.

There were questions about Hagerty’s claims from the origin. She first contacted police in 2006 through some attorney, claiming “unwanted sexual contact” by dint of. Gore, but the attorney declined to discuss any particulars.

Hagerty then failed to dance attendance on meetings scheduled three state of things by detectives, and the attorney finally said it would be handled as a gracious complaint.

Nothing further was heard from Hagerty until January 2009, at the time she appeared at police headquarters to pronounce she wanted to toothed a criminal complaint.

An interview with a detective resulted in a 67-page transcription describing the massage therapy sitting with Gore at the Hotel Lucia, including an “inescapable cover.”

The memo noted that investigators determined the claims “did not merit further interrogation” and did not belong it to the district attorney-at-law’s duty.

© The Canadian Press, 2010