Christopher Samuels Statement
09 Mar 2016AVON NOVA
Ashely found Samuels in the medical centre on the station to verify Taylor's statement and hear his account of things.
Ashley had reviewed the Corp Intel on Samuels. He was an interesting person. He came to Sirius as a qualified senior medical officer on a Federation capital ship but had been dismissed on grounds of inappropriate sexual relations with junior colleagues. He was recruited by the deep-space clan to help the clan provide medical assistance during a famine outbreak in Ceos. In the last 5 years he had been posted at different places across Ceos and Sothis by the Clan with many rumors of sexual harassment. Since arriving at Sothis Mining it has been suggested he has now become involved with Amanda Ripley.
Ashley decided to push him hard to see if he would give something away. She asked how long he had been using his rank and power in organisations to gain sexual favors with female colleagues. Samuels reacted very angrily saying that wasn't how it was that the women came on to him. Ashley asked if Ripley had been the same and he admitted he had been having a relationship with her but again she had initiated the relationship and in his words she had chased after him since the day he arrived. He said that he loved Ripley and she loved him and it was nothing to be ashamed of.
Ashley said that it was surprising thought for a clan member to get involved with a member of the Federation Unite faction. Samuels said that it didn't matter to him, politics had never interested hi and he would do anything for Ripley including leave the clan but she had told him not to do that and that she had been interested in learning about the Deep Space Clan. Ashley questioned him about the day Taylor was interested and Samuels clammed up and said everything was in the report and he had nothing to add and that he was busy and needed to get on with his work.
Ashley was convinced Samuels was hiding something.