Washington Post: National Enquirer says it decided not to pay for Gore sex story interview

The police never sought a statement from Gore or attempted to interview him about the claim.
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According to a source friendly with the Gores, Al Gore confirmed that he received a therapeutic massage in his hotel room that night, and likely from the therapist making the accusation. But, the source said, Gore remembers getting a massage without incident and the therapist leaving on good terms.
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The Enquirer report was followed up by a number of news organizations, including the Associated Press, the Portland Oregonian, the New York Post and The Washington Post.

The Enquirer's story, which Levine says was approved for publication just before the paper's deadline Monday night, relied heavily on documents. The tabloid confirmed that Gore, who had just released the film "An Inconvenient Truth," was in Portland at the time of the alleged incident to give a speech on global warming. The paper obtained the $540 bill -- including a 20 percent gratuity -- that the masseuse submitted to the Hotel Lucia, which retained her, along with her subsequent e-mail correspondence with the hotel.

Al Gore in enough hot water to melt an ice cap - BostonHerald.com

Imagine, a newspaper in Portland had this story two years ago and never pulled the trigger - professional courtesy for a fellow limousine liberal and all that.

YouTube - Al Gore Accused of Sexual Assault of 54 Year-Old Masseuse

She told detectives she only wanted "justice" and that her complaint was not an attempt to receive money.

Gore family spokeswoman Kalee Kreider told the Oregonian that the former Vice President has no comment regarding the allegations.

LATEST! PORTLAND DA CRIMINAL: PROSECUTION A "POSSIBILITY" IN THE AL GORE SEX SCANDAL  - National Enquirer

Our investigative team uncovered the amazing story just weeks after the former Vice President announced that he and wife TIPPER were ending their 40-year marriage - amidst reports she suspected her husband was involved with "a gorgeous massage therapist."

We have verified the 62-year-old former VP was in Portland at the time of the alleged incident - Oct. 24, 2006 - and we saw the $540 massage bill.

DNA On The Masseuse? (VIDEO) Al Gore Assault Sex

According to the New York Post, the woman is prepared to sell her story, and not unlike the "inconvenient truth" Clinton had to face with Monica Lewinsky's blue dress, this woman reportedly has a pair of pants holding Gore's DNA - and it's locked up in a safe deposit box until she pens a media deal for the story!

The Gore Allegations: What You Need To Know | TPMMuckraker

You've no doubt heard by now about the sexual assault allegations made against Al Gore by a Portland, Oregon massage therapist stemming from a 2006 incident. It's a complicated case, and we've now read the 73-page police report so you don't have to.

[Some stuff left off the "what you need to know" above]

According to this report: The woman describes herself as living in "The Birkenstock Tribe"; she had voted for Gore and had "inherently trusted him". During Gore's assault, the woman's left leg and knee were injured. She says that it is "very clear that I was not the first woman he had sexually assaulted". She called a friend in Houston immediately afterward to tell him what had happened; she also reported the incident with "much detail" to the Rape Hotline within about 72 hours. 
[From the police report: "So I called the Rape Hotline. Much detail, within about 72 hours, the Portland Women's Crisis, at the Portland Women's Crisis Line"]

Portland Tribune: Our decision on Gore story based on evidence, responsibility

2. Isn’t your decision not to run a story in 2007 or 2008 a sign of liberal bias in the media? Wouldn’t you have printed the story if the person accused was George W. Bush or Dick Cheney?

This is an easy question to answer, because we did, in fact, very much want to publish a story about the allegation against Al Gore. If we hadn’t wanted to publish a story, we wouldn’t have spent much of a year looking into it. We wouldn’t have made public-records requests for documents that hadn’t previously been released. We wouldn’t have spent hours calling various massage therapists until we identified the correct one. We wouldn't have interviewed hotel employees and numerous people who know the woman. We wouldn’t have contacted Gore for a response to the allegation. We wouldn’t have placed carefully worded ads in cities around the country trying to find other massage therapists who might have had a similar experience with Gore.

The idea that we were protecting Gore is ludicrous, because we were doing everything we could to try to move this story forward.