Vitter aide held woman captive, stabbed her

He resigns after 2008 incident comes to light

24 Jun 2010 // WASHINGTON -- An aide to Sen. David Vitter, R-La., resigned Wednesday amid revelations that he had held a woman against her will in 2008 in his Capitol Hill apartment, stabbing her in the hand and chin, before releasing her on her promise that she wouldn't call police.

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