Former Calif. Dem Chair Forcibly Gave Oral Sex to Male Staffer, Lawsuit Says
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A former chairman of the California Democratic Party is accused in a lawsuit of forcibly performing oral sex on a male subordinate and threatening him to keep quiet, the Sacramento Bee reports .
The lawsuit from William Floyd, a former party employee, is against former chairman Eric Bauman, the California Democratic Party, and the Los Angeles County Democratic Party. The former assistant to Bauman says he was first assaulted after falling asleep in a hotel and waking up to his boss performing oral sex on him, and that there were two more instances where he was forced to submit to Bauman.
The lawsuit also says the party failed to properly respond to Bauman's conduct and tried to make him quit.
Bauman, who resigned due to other sexual assault allegations, denies the allegation from Floyd, according to the report.
Floyd, who is now 28, began working as Bauman’s assistant in 2016, when Bauman was chair of the Los Angeles County Democratic Party. Floyd says Bauman assaulted him at least three times and groped him on numerous occasions. In his lawsuit, Floyd alleges Bauman threatened him, telling him "if you cross me, I will break you." Bauman resigned late last year after other allegations of sexual misconduct became public. He denied Floyd’s allegations through his lawyer.
"We have not yet been formally served with this lawsuit and have only learned about the filing of it through media inquiries this evening," Bauman’s lawyer Neal Zaslavsky said in a statement. "Mr. Bauman denies the allegations in the complaint and looks forward to complete vindication once the facts come out."
Floyd says he told senior members of the party about incidents with Bauman before he was forced to relocate.
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Wow.. how horrible. I bet you would hate to wake up that way, LOL!
I know, right?
That's why I drink every night, lol!
"A former chairman of the California Democratic Party is accused in a lawsuit of forcibly performing oral sex on a male subordinate and threatening him to keep quiet"
Okay …. I'm perplexed now !
Was the "Chairman" forced, or was the "Subordinate" forced. Who forced whom ?
If it's the "Subordinate", once the chairman got on his knee's, ya couldn't friggin run away then ? Was he faster down low ?
it does make you wonder.....
"they" frequently drank to excess and fell asleep in hotel rooms with other staff members ??
Must have been one hell of a benefit and pay plan to tolerate that for 2 years and 9 months.
Exactly!
If there is no victim? I'd like to see the other charges.
In 2019 victim blaming of women when it comes to sexual assault flourishes regardless if it is an R or a D behind the name.
They made him move to another office which he says was in an effort to make him quit.
Of course, a man can be a victim, but that is normally unwanted anal sex and not oral sex. Men who are not sexually aroused don't maintain an erection. I have not read anything to the contrary here about that.
That it is, but it happens every day.
Your seed says "former employee", other articles state that he is an employee of the Democratic Party.
The same article states that he has been with Bauman since 2015 at the county party level.
It sounds more and more like a soap opera of jilted lovers.
I did not want to go there.
Floyd is admittedly gay. Bauman by all accounts is an equal opportunity harasser.
Forcibly Gave Oral Sex to Male Staffer
That might take a bit of force.
What were they just hanging around and the guy figured, hey there it is?