 The Senate Ethics Committee retained independent counsel to investigate the complaint.The independent counsel found that “it is more likely that Sen. Shafer did not make sexually harassing comments and demands to (the lobbyist) than it is likely that he did, and that it is more likely that the (lobbyist) has fabricated her allegations of sexually harassing conduct than it is likely that she is telling the truth.” The report stated that the lobbyist changed her story during the investigation, acknowledging that she had never been alone with Shafer but claiming the alleged harassment was by telephone.The lobbyist produced no records of the alleged harassing calls but Shafer produced telephone records for a five year period showing that the alleged calls had not taken place.