Preckwinkle said: “The rumor related to John’s work in a campaign while he was on leave from the county at the end of March. John denied it vehemently and angrily. I went back to the person in whom the rumor had been confided (Cisek) and said: ‘Look, (Keller) has denied it. I want you to go back to this person who’s shared the rumor with you. I want you to ask her to get a victim or a witness to come forward, or to report this.’