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 Rep. John Conyers in July 2017 in Detroit (Photo: Sean Work, Special to the Free Press) 
 
 U.S. Rep. John Conyers was hospitalized overnight and remains there, his lawyer, Arnold Reed, confirmed for the Free Press on Thursday morning. 
 
 Reed said he would not discuss details about Conyers’ condition or release what hospital he went to. He said he assumed the reason for the hospitalization was stress related. 
 
 Political consultant Sam Riddle said Conyers' wife, Monica Conyers, is by his side. 
 
 "We ask that the nation pray for the congressman's recovery," he told the Free Press via text message. 
 
 He also spoke with reporters earlier Thursday: "I just spoke with (Conyers' wife) Monica Conyers on the phone, and we'd like to let you know that the congressman is resting comfortably at an area hospital," he said on video in a tweet shared by Channel 7 (WXYZ-TV) reporter Shelley Childers. "He's doing OK; as well as can be expected for a gentleman that's approaching 90 years of age." 
 
 Just In: Congressman John Conyers hospitalized in Detroit announced political spokesman Sam Riddle. pic.twitter.com/VTOZzrwDFS — Shelley Childers (@ShelleyChilders) November 30, 2017 
 
 The announcement came shortly after a former staff member of Conyers appeared on the Today Show and accused him of "violating my body" among a number of sexual misconduct claims. 
 
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 The congressman returned from Washington, D.C., to Detroit earlier this week, amid multiple allegations of sexual harassment. 
 
 Free Press staff writer Katrease Stafford contributed to this report. 
 
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 / Source: TODAY By Scott Stump 
 
 Marion Brown, a former staffer under Rep. John Conyers, detailed the Michigan congressman's alleged sexual misconduct in an exclusive interview with TODAY Thursday, saying the longtime civil rights icon "violated my body" and frequently propositioned her for sex. 
 
 Brown is one of multiple women who have alleged of sexual harassment by Conyers, which she said occurred regularly during her 11 years working on his staff. 
 
 "It was sexual harassment, violating my body, propositioning me, inviting me to hotels with the guise of discussing business and propositioning for sex,'' Brown told Savannah Guthrie. "He just violated my body, he's touched me in different ways. It was very uncomfortable and very unprofessional." 
 
 She described a specific disturbing encounter with Conyers, 88, who has denied any wrongdoing, in a Chicago hotel room in 2005. 
 
 "He was undressed down to his underwear,'' she said. "He asked me to satisfy to him sexually. He pointed to genital areas of his body and asked me to touch him. 
 
 "I was frozen shocked. I didn't want to lose my job, I didn't want to upset him. Also, he asked me to find other people that would satisfy him," she said. "I just tried to escape. I did tell him that I was not going to do that and I did not feel comfortable." 
 
 Brown first came forward anonymously in a Buzzfeed story on Nov. 20, saying she was fired in 2014 for refusing his sexual advances. 
 
 She reached a settlement with Conyers, a democrat, in 2015 in which she signed a non-disclosure agreement, but she decided to come forward publicly regardless. 
 
 "I am taking a risk, and the reason I'm taking the risk, I want to be a voice,'' she said. "I want (my granddaughter) to not have to endure sexism and gender inequality. I felt it was worth the risk to stand up for all the women in the workforce that are voiceless." 
 
 Brown also said she was prompted to speak out after Conyers vehemently denied the allegations, despite admitting to the settlement. 
 
 "I'm here to say I'm not a liar," she said. 
 
 She was asked if he should resign from his position. 
 
 "I'm going to leave that up to the (House) Ethics Committee and his colleagues,'' she said. "All I want from the congressman is to acknowledge what he did and apologize to me for calling me a liar." 
 
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– Amid a flurry of sexual misconduct allegations, Rep. John Conyers' office confirms that the 88-year-old was hospitalized overnight in Detroit, per WDIV. A political consultant who noted he spoke with Conyers' wife, Monica, early Thursday said the Michigan congressman is being treated for stress-related issues. "We want you to know that the congressman is resting comfortably in an area hospital," Sam Riddle told reporters. "He's doing OK, as well as he can be expected for a gentleman that's approaching 90 years of age." "The congressman's health is not what it should be, and [a] lot of that is directly attributable to this media assault," Riddle added. Both WDIV and the Detroit Free Press note the news of his medical woes came right after an interview with one of his accusers aired on the Today show. In that appearance, Marion Brown told Savannah Guthrie that Conyers "just violated my body, he's touched me in different ways. It was very uncomfortable and very unprofessional." She describes in detail a 2005 incident in a Chicago hotel room in which she says he appeared in his underwear and asked Brown to touch his genitals. Brown says she was fired in 2014 after refusing his advances; she reached a settlement with him but decided to break the nondisclosure to "be a voice" against "sexism and gender inequality." Meanwhile, Nancy Pelosi gave her weekly presser Thursday morning, and she said it's time for Conyers to step down, per Axios. "The allegations against [Conyers]—as we have learned more since Sunday—are serious, disappointing, and very credible," she said. "The brave women who came forward are owed justice. ... Congressman Conyers should resign."