#MeToo Feminist Legislator Accused of Serial Alcohol-Fueled Sexual Misconduct

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Prominent #MeToo Feminist Legislator Accused of Serial Alcohol-Fueled Sexual Misconduct

Last December, California Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia rose to national prominence as one of Time’s Persons of the Year for her leadership role in the #MeToo movement. Now, she is facing a growing chorus of former employees who are accusing her of engaging in serial sexual misconduct while under the influence of alcohol.

I didn’t know I was part of the story. That I was pictured and added to a timeline of this reckoning. It’s an awkwardly humbling experience, but I am proud of this work and the company I am in. I hope you’ll pick up a copy of @TIME &read about the bravery.#MeToo #WeSaidEnough pic.twitter.com/P1bfCDPKCf
— Cristina Garcia (@AsmGarcia) December 15, 2017

On February 8^th, Politico reported the first allegations against the assemblywoman from Daniel Fierro, one of her former staffers. He told the publication that in 2014, after the California Assembly’s annual softball game, he stayed behind to clean up one of the field’s dugouts. An apparently drunk Garcia then cornered him in the enclosed space, stroked his back, and grabbed his butt before trying to grab his crotch, at which point the staffer fled.
The same Politico report also featured accusations from an anonymous “prominent Sacramento lobbyist” who similarly alleged that Garcia tried to grab his crotch at a fundraising event in 2017 while inebriated:

The lobbyist, who represents a major industry association, said that Garcia appeared to have been drinking heavily at a fundraiser hosted by Governor Jerry Brown for state Senator Josh Newman at the de Veres bar in Sacramento. He said he was heading out the door in part to avoid the assemblywoman — who had been increasingly “flirtatious” and had called him on a few occasions before for late night drinks which he repeatedly declined.
She spotted him and said, “Where are you going?” the lobbyist said.
“She came back and was whispering real close and I could smell the booze and see she was pretty far gone,’’ he said. “She looked at me for a second and said, “I’ve set a goal for myself to $#@! you.”
At that point, Garcia “stepped in front of me and reaches out and is grabbing for my crotch,’’ he said. That was “the line in the sand,” according to the lobbyist, and he stopped her. “I was four inches from her, eyeball to eyeball -- and I said, ‘That ain’t gonna happen.’”

Garcia voluntarily went on unpaid leave after the above allegations were referred to the State Assembly for investigation, but that has not stopped more accusations of inappropriate sexual misconduct from being leveled against her.

On February 14^th, a lawyer representing four anonymous former Garcia staffers sent a letter to the California State Assembly Rules Committee detailing his clients’ allegations that the assemblywoman had created a “toxic” work environment where sexual harassment and heavy drinking were commonplace. According to the letter, which was obtained by a local California newspaper, Garcia routinely abused alcohol while on the job, pressured her employees to drink with her, and bragged to them in graphic detail about her sexual encounters with other California elected officials, including other legislators in their Assembly offices. The former staffers also characterized Garcia as an extremely vindictive and nasty person who would retaliate against people who criticized her.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/chrisr...sault-n2451655

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