Statements from people who worked with Rep. John Conyers released in effort to discredit accuser

DETROIT – Rep. John Conyers' attorney released statements from two people who worked closely with Conyers in an attempt to discredit a woman who accused him of sexually harassing her while she worked for him.

Former employee Marion Brown said she was the victim who was paid $27,000 by Conyers in taxpayer money after she complained that he harassed her.

Conyers' attorney, Arnold Reed, sent two affidavits, one from a former Conyers staffer and one from a security guard. The employees both said that they saw Brown with the congressman and they never saw any inappropriate behavior from him.

Arnold said Conyers doesn't plan to resign, and he is in a hospital being treated for stress.