Or, I’m going to try not to let that happen, anyway, as small and little as I am,” she said. “I know I’m not going to let that happen. She said his alleged survivors wouldn’t let CRUSH spread all over Denver. “Once someone has been outed as what he is, people aren’t going to want to work with him. “Part of me wants to be like, Yeah, I’d like to see him try,” she said. She said she laughed a bit when she saw that Munro plans to expand the festival into all of Denver in 2022. “Not even what he’s done, but who he is as a person.” “Finally, there’s a consequence to who he is,” Vaughan said. She was happy when she heard the news that the festival was canceled, saying that if she and the other women hadn’t come forward, CRUSH would still be happening in RiNo this year. We asked artists, business owners, coordinators of other festivals, and women who came forward with allegations against Munro: What does a summer without CRUSH mean for you? Jessica Vaughan came forward with allegations against Munro last fall. We spoke to some of the people who might be particularly impacted by CRUSH’s cancelation and departure from the area. After 11 years, I feel like I’m well deserving of some time off.” This is something that I had talked about with several of my friends and family members….I’m not sure people understand how difficult it is to put together an event like CRUSH. “This was a decision I had made well before any of these false accusations. “I’m taking time off to be with my family and work on my own art practices,” Munro told Denverite in an email after his announcement. He also said that now that he and the RiNo Art District have parted ways, he hopes to expand CRUSH outside of RiNo in the future. ![]() Last week, Munro announced in an Instagram post that this year’s CRUSH would be canceled and that he’s going to instead focus on his family and his plans for future festivals. And last year, women came forward with sexual assault and abuse allegations against the festival’s founder, Robin Munro. ![]() Some have called the festival out for its lack of diversity, or for the role they say it’s played in gentrification in Five Points. It has also long been the subject of criticism. It’s helped turn the art district into a tourist destination, attracting visitors from Denver and beyond to check out the murals left behind long after the festival ends. It’s provided opportunities for both local and international street artists, often giving up-and-coming artists the exposure that helped jumpstart their careers. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.For over a decade, CRUSH Walls, the largest annual street art and mural festival in Colorado, has colored the walls of the RiNo Art District. Another prosecutor in Hunter's office, Lawrence "Trip" De Muth, has said he may run.Ĭopyright 1999-2000 The Denver Post. Wise has been Hunter's right-hand man throughout his 28-year tenure. But many interpret First Assistant DA Bill Wise's decision to retire at the end of Hunter's current term as a hint that Hunter also may be ready to call it quits. Hunter has promised to answer that question soon. Prosecutors John Pickering, Peter McGuire, William Nagel and Bruce Langer each donated to Keenan's campaign, as did well-known CU law professor Mimi Wesson.īut the $64,000 question in this race is whether Alex Hunter will seek another term. Keenan, who has specialized in sexual assault cases for much of her 15 years in the Boulder DA's office, did not work on the Ramsey case and was not involved in the grand jury investigation. Keenan said she and LeFever met at a fund-raising luncheon for Keenan's campaign. However, Keenan said the contribution "is not in any way" connected to the LeFever's service on the Ramsey grand jury. He had spent $8,487 of that.Īmong the contributors to Keenan's campaign were Susan LeFever, who served on the grand jury that investigated JonBene�t Ramsey's death. ![]() Keenan, a Democrat who is chief deputy district attorney in Boulder, had collected $17,350 at the end of last year, more than twice as much as her only opponent.īoulder attorney Ben Thompson, also a Democrat, had amassed $8,708.34 as of the end of 1999. 22 - BOULDER - A former Ramsey grand juror, a University of Colorado law professor and legal commentator and four of her prosecutor colleagues have all chipped in to aid Mary Keenan's effort to become Boulder's next district attorney.
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