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Star’s former publisher accused of assaulting reporters in 1970s

A former Anniston Star reporter says that H. Brandt Ayers, chairman of the company that publishes the paper, sexually assaulted her in the 1970s in The Star’s newsroom.

Veronica Pike Kennedy says Ayers, then the newspaper’s publisher, spanked her against her will in an incident on a Saturday, when Ayers and Kennedy were among the few workers in the building.

H. Brandt Ayers

H. Brandt Ayers

Capitol & statewide reporter Tim Lockette: 256-294-4193. On Twitter @TLockette_Star.

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