Sex trial of Republican state Rep. Bob Allen begins

State Rep. Bob Allen peered over a stall in a public park restroom to show his interest in soliciting sex from an undercover police officer, a prosecutor said in opening arguments in the lawmaker's trial Wednesday.

Allen sat emotionlessly as prosecutor Pat Whitaker described how the lawmaker eventually followed the male officer into the same stall, where Allen said the restroom was too public of a place. The lawmaker suggested ''across the bridge,'' saying ''it's quiet over there,'' and then agreed to pay $20 for oral sex, Whitaker said.

''You're not a cop, are you?'' Allen asked the officer, according to Whitaker.

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