Raul Bocanegra has resigned.
It looks like Matt Dababneh is next, as a disturbing set of allegations from lobbyist Pamela Lopez indicates that the West Valley Democratic assembly locked her in a bar bathroom and masturbated inf front of her.
Other campaign staffers have commented that is sexual behaviors and disgusting banter drove other women away from assisting candidates in their campaign bids.
This is pretty sick, althought Dababneh denies all of it, and his lawyer has issued a cease and desist letter to Lopez.
At an emotional press conference in Sacramento Monday morning, lobbyist
Pamela Lopez named Assemblyman Matt Dababneh (D-Woodland Hills) as the
legislator she says pushed her into a bar restroom and masturbated in front of
her. Lopez says they were at a party in Las Vegas to celebrate two mutual
friends’ wedding, not in Sacramento as previously reported.
Lopez, who testified about the incident at an Assembly hearing last
week without naming the legislator, said at the time she feared retaliation for
speaking out. She was also afraid that revealing the episode took place in Las
Vegas would reveal Dababneh’s identity before she was ready.
Another blog suggests that the Los Angeles Times has known about Dababneh's salacious behavior, but refused to report on it. Shameful!
Sacramento lobbyist Pamela Lopez has claimed that, in 2016, Democratic
Assemblyman Matt Dababneh followed her into a bathroom, masturbated in front of
her and urged her to touch him. Dababneh has strongly denied the allegation.
"It was Matt Dababneh," Lopez told The Times in a November
interview.
Lopez jolted the California political world seven weeks ago when she
first shared her account of an encounter in Las Vegas, joining more than 140
women as they denounced in an open letter a "pervasive" culture of
sexual harassment and misconduct in the state Capitol.
The Los Angeles Times was not "jolted" by this story. The true jolting occurred when this pro-Democratic rag had no choice but to report on the "Jerk from West Valley".
Lopez had not publicly accused Dababneh until Monday, when she formally
filed a complaint with the Assembly and named him at a news conference. The
Times had been preparing a report on her accusations against Dababneh, and
sought the assemblyman's comment late last week.
Dababneh told the Times on Monday afternoon that he "100%"
denies Lopez's allegation.
"I am utterly shocked and blown away," Dababneh said in an
interview. "This is a career-ending charge based on no facts."
Yet the Democratic Party throughout the country jumps on every hint of impropriety against Republicans, and they demand that the court of public opinion serve as judge, jury, and political career executioner.
Cry me a river, Matt!
Lopez, 35, first told her story of the encounter to the New York Times
in October, but she declined to name the legislator. At an Assembly hearing
Tuesday on harassment prevention, she said, "I am fearful of being
retaliated against."
She has told the Los Angeles Times in a series of interviews she
worried that naming the legislator would turn him into a scapegoat, distracting
from the larger issues of a Capitol culture she believes does not sufficiently
protect women. She also told The Times she wasn't naming him because he holds a
powerful position.
He is chairman of the Finance and Banking Committee. Wow. It looks like all of his chances have been cashed out at this point.
Lopez said in the interviews that when she initially told her story to
news organizations, she purposely misstated the location, saying it happened in
a bar in Sacramento. The reason, she said, was that she feared disclosing the
true location — a co-ed bachelor party at a Las Vegas hotel – because it would
have made it easier to identify Dababneh.
HUH?
The heads are rolling in Sacramento. It's about time.
