who was 14 years old in 1991 when she was assaulted by Flanagan, had this to say about the incident:

"Perry knew what Flanagan did, he had to hear me screaming and crying," Allen wrote. "Instead of helping me, Jeff Perry denied anything happened."

Perry, now running as a GOP candidate in the 10th Congressional District of Massachusetts, recently claimed that had no knowledge of the searches when they took place.

"I didn't know they were happening. If I did I would have put handcuffs on him and locked him up myself," Perry said.

Perry is facing off against Democrat Bill Keating for the seat of retiring incumbent Rep. William Delahunt (D). The opening was thought by Republicans to be ripe for a pick up, but the latest flurry of details onthe incident could put a damper on Perry's momentum.

According to the New York Times:

Mr. Perry was approximately 15 feet away when Mr. Flanagan ordered Ms. Allen, then 14 years old, to lift her bra and unbutton her pants as he searched her for marijuana, according to a police investigation of the incident and a transcript of Mr. Flanagan's guilty plea.

A radio ad describing the matter was recently pulled from Massachusetts airwaves over concerns over its content, but the renewed focus on the matter could provide the DCCC with further incentive to run a devastating attack ad that it had aired against Perry earlier this month.

Despite the nature of the controversy, Massachusetts Republicans are standing by Perry. The campaign of Charlie Baker, the GOP candidate for governor, recently told