encountered Ed Murray upon the bus and developed a friendly interaction,' reads the lawsuit. The unnamed plaintiff and two other men subsequently gave interviews to the Seattle Times – all telling similar stories about a politico in his late 20s and 30s, who befriended street kids, paid them and had his way with them. Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, a nationally famous champion of gay rights and progressive causes, has been accused by three men of having sex with them as children.Īn unnamed man filed a child sex abuse lawsuit against the mayor on Thursday, alleging Murray 'repeatedly criminally raped and molested' him when he was a homeless 15-year-old in the 1980s. Ed Murray, the gay mayor of Seattle, has been accused of molesting three young boys.