Roy Moore “likely failed” a December 2017 polygraph he took in an effort to clear his name from accusations made against him by women during the Senate race that year, according to a lawsuit filing Monday.

Attorneys for Leigh Corfman, who maintains she was sexually molested as a 14-year-old by the then-32-year-old Moore in 1979, filed the motion in Montgomery County circuit court in an ongoing effort to reopen Moore’s deposition in the defamation lawsuit she filed against him in January 2018.

At issue are the results of a polygraph test that Moore took in conjunction with a lawsuit he filed to stop the state's certification of Sen. Doug Jones' narrow victory over Moore in the Dec. 12, 2017, special election.

The polygraph test – which is not admissible in court -- was used to launch "yet another volley of accusations about Ms. Corfman's veracity and motivations for coming forward with her account of Mr. Moore's sexual abuse of her," the motion said.

Moore, who has repeatedly denied the accusations, has declared his candidacy in the state’s 2020 U.S. Senate race for the seat held by Jones.

“As I had expected, the results of the examination reflected that I did not know, nor had I ever had sexual contact with any of these individuals,” Moore said in a December 2017 affidavit after the polygraph test.

That's not what the polygraph revealed, according to Corfman's lawyers. And because that information was not available to them when Moore first gave his deposition in October 2018, Corfman's attorneys should have the opportunity to question him further "in light of new evidence," the motion said.

The motion Monday also comes as Corfman already has a motion filed in March before Judge John Rochester to expand the scope of Moore's deposition regarding public and social media comments made by Moore, wife Kayla, supporters and attorneys.

“To the extent that the results of the polygraph examination administered on him are reliable, Mr. Moore likely failed,” the motion filed Monday stated.

In an email statement Monday to AL.com, Moore said, "According to the deposition taken of my polygraph examiner, his findings that I was telling the truth about never knowing Ms. Corfman are backed up by two qualified examiners of this state. My examiner was the only examiner to administer the test. This is another way of delaying her testimony which they have avoided thus far. To our knowledge, Ms. Corfman has not taken a polygraph and has not submitted to testimony under oath before a court reporter. This comes about after my announcement to run for the US Senate after a year's delay in court. Why doesn’t the press ask her if she has taken a polygraph and why she won’t testify?"

Attorneys for both sides said in March that Corfman would give her deposition once Moore has completed his.

One of Corfman’s attorneys, Neil Roman, said in an email statement to AL.com, “All our motion seeks is to allow us the opportunity to examine Mr. Moore concerning his assertions regarding the polygraph examination. We now know that the examination he took is particularly unreliable, that Mr. Moore knew about its unreliability when he said that it clears his name, and that there is, at best for Mr. Moore, a question as to whether or not he passed.”

In Monday’s filing, Corfman’s attorneys cited a review of the polygraph exam by Barry Colvert, a longtime polygraph examiner and interrogator for the FBI. Colvert provided his insight at the request of the Corfman team and submitted an affidavit that was filed as an exhibit Monday to supplement the motion.

"It is my expert opinion based on my review of these documents and my training and experience that this examination cannot support a conclusion of non-deception or that Mr. Moore told the truth during his polygraph examination," Colvert said in the affidavit.

Colvert also said in the affidavit, “the results indicate that Mr. Moore was being deceptive when asked the relevant questions concerning Ms. Corfman. In particular, and as explained below, Mr. Moore exhibited consistently elevated electrodermal and cardiovascular responses following questions concerning Ms. Corfman, which would indicate that he was being deceptive in answering these questions.”

The filing also took issue with the methods and motives of Clyde Wolfe, who administered the polygraph exam to Moore. The former Alabama chief justice released parts of his polygraph exam to AL.com in January.

Wolfe used the “relevant-irrelevant technique” that is “disfavored” and “declining in use” in the polygraph industry because of a list of flaws, the motion said. Moore also took the test at one of his residences, which Wolfe acknowledged in his deposition is unusual for a polygraph exam.

Wolfe also said in his deposition that he voted for Moore in the Senate race’s general election and that he administered the test knowing a failed result would be bad for Moore. Wolfe also gave Moore a discounted rate for the polygraph test.