Did Frustrated Prosecutor Bite Back?

MIAMI, FLORIDA: U.S. Attorney Kendall Coffey announced Friday that he will resign from his job as a federal prosecutor after a Miami newspaper reported accusations that he bit a topless dancer on the arm. "The strain on my family has been so great, I am returning to private practice and I owe it my family to do this," said Coffey at a press conference at the federal courthouse. Coffey's resignation comes one day after the Miami Herald reported that the prosecutor was under investigation by the Justice Department. According to the Herald, a dancer at the Lipstik Adult Entertainment Club accused Coffey of struggling with her during a private session in February and breaking the skin of her arm with his teeth. Coffey went to the Lipstik with a bottle of champagne because he was depressed after a devastating defeat in a high-profile drug case, reports the paper, but he denies ever biting the dancer while there. The federal prosecutor is a Clinton administration appointee and Dole campaign aides suggested today that the incident could be used in Florida during the election. Over the last month, Dole has repeatedly attacked federal judgeships but recently has begun to attack prosecutors as well, targeting Clinton appointees in Arizona and California. Meanwhile, Coffey's accuser has remained unnamed. The Herald reports the 28-year-old married woman fears what her neighbors might think and quotes her as saying: "Nobody in this neighborhood knows what I do. Nobody knows about this." -->