FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 25, 2017, file photo, former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks at a rally in Fairhope, Ala. Moore is pleading for money to pay for his legal... (Associated Press) 
 
 FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 25, 2017, file photo, former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks at a rally in Fairhope, Ala. Moore is pleading for money to pay for his legal bills as he fights a lawsuit against a woman who says he molested her when she was 14. (AP Photo/Brynn... (Associated Press) 
 
 FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 25, 2017, file photo, former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks at a rally in Fairhope, Ala. Moore is pleading for money to pay for his legal bills as he fights a lawsuit against a woman who says he molested her when she was 14. (AP Photo/Brynn... (Associated Press) FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 25, 2017, file photo, former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks at a rally in Fairhope, Ala. Moore is pleading for money to pay for his legal... (Associated Press) 
 
 MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Former U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore has issued a plea for money to pay legal bills, saying his "resources have been depleted." 
 
 In a Thursday post on his campaign's Facebook page, Moore asked for contributions to his legal defense fund. Moore has sent regular fundraising emails for the fund since losing the 2017 election to Sen. Doug Jones, a Democrat. However, the link to the donation site indicated that Moore had raised just $32,000 of a $250,000 goal. 
 
 "My resources have been depleted and I have struggled to make ends meet, but I have not lost my faith in our God, who is our true source of strength and will never leave or forsake us," Moore wrote. 
 
 Moore lost the election amid accusations that he pursued romantic and sexual relationships with teens as a man in his 30s. Moore denied accusations of sexual misconduct, and said he never dated "underage" girls. 
 
 Leigh Corfman, who accused Moore of sexually touching her when she was 14 and he was in his 30s, has an ongoing civil lawsuit against Moore. She claims Moore and his campaign defamed her as he denied the allegations. 
 
 In the fundraising post, Moore disparaged the "liberal media" and said "gays, lesbians, and transgenders have joined forces with those who believe in abortion, sodomy, and destruction of all that we hold dear." 
 
 Moore is former chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. A state board in December approved a $135,000 annual retirement for him because of his years on the state bench. 

 Washington (CNN) Roy Moore, the beleaguered former Senate candidate from Alabama, is asking supporters for donations to help cover his legal expenses. 
 
 "My resources have been depleted and I have struggled to make ends meet, but I have not lost my faith in our God, who is our true source of strength and will never leave or forsake us," Moore wrote in a Facebook post 
 
 On Thursday, Moore's campaign Facebook page posted link to a page for donations along with a message describing legal costs from "another vicious attack from lawyers in Washington D.C. and San Francisco who have hired one of the biggest firms in Birmingham Alabama," who he says are bringing forth "another legal action against me and ensure that I never fight again." 
 
 "I have lawyers who want to help but they are not without cost and besides their fees, legal expenses could run over $100,000. I have had to establish a "legal defense fund, anything you give will be appreciated," read his message, which was previously reported by The Washington Post. 
 
 Moore ran and lost against the Democratic candidate, Sen. Doug Jones, in the Alabama special election last year, but was highly controversial and faced allegations that he had sexually abused teens, claims which he has repeatedly denied. 
 
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– The latest person to urge you to scrounge through your couch cushions is former Alabama Senate candidate and current lawsuit subject Roy Moore, who is asking supporters to pony up for his legal defense, which "could run over $100,000." The lawsuit in question was brought by Leigh Corfman, reports CNN, who alleges that Moore sexually abused her when she was 14 and he was in his 30s. "My resources have been depleted and I have struggled to make ends meet, but I have not lost my faith in our God, who is our true source of strength and will never leave or forsake us," Moore wrote in a Facebook post. Moore frames the lawsuit as "another vicious attack from lawyers in Washington D.C. and San Francisco" who want to "ensure that I never fight again." The post ends thusly: "Please send a generous gift today to the Roy Moore Legal Defense Fund to help me defeat, once and for all, those who would destroy America in order to usher in their anti-Christian 'kingdom.'" Alabama is paying Moore $135,000 a year in retirement, notes the AP.