Whitey Ford
12-18-2020, 01:25 AM
Missouri lawmaker denounced for alleged sex with intern
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A Missouri state lawmaker allegedly had sex with an intern and then threatened a staffer to keep quiet about it, according to a House Ethics Committee report released Wednesday.
The Ethics Committee gave Democratic St. Louis Rep. Wiley Price until Wednesday afternoon to resign over the alleged misconduct or face being formally denounced and stripped of much of his legislative power.
Price fell under scrutiny after a staffer filed a report claiming that he told the staffer that he had sex with the intern after a Jan. 22 party at a bar near the Capitol building in Jefferson City.
Price attended mandatory House sexual harassment training about a week earlier. House policy forbids lawmakers from “romantic” relationships with interns, employees or anyone else they supervise.
The staffer told investigators that Price later threatened her job after he found out he was being investigated for misconduct. The staffer said Price told her “where I come from, people die” for behavior similar to the staffer’s.
Ethics Committee members agreed that Price retaliated against the staffer for fulfilling her job as a mandatory reporter. They also found that Price repeatedly lied to the committee and investigators.
https://www.ky3.com/2020/12/17/missouri-lawmaker-denounced-for-alleged-sex-with-intern/
https://i.imgur.com/Tqsn5D3.png
A Missouri state lawmaker allegedly had sex with an intern and then threatened a staffer to keep quiet about it, according to a House Ethics Committee report released Wednesday.
The Ethics Committee gave Democratic St. Louis Rep. Wiley Price until Wednesday afternoon to resign over the alleged misconduct or face being formally denounced and stripped of much of his legislative power.
Price fell under scrutiny after a staffer filed a report claiming that he told the staffer that he had sex with the intern after a Jan. 22 party at a bar near the Capitol building in Jefferson City.
Price attended mandatory House sexual harassment training about a week earlier. House policy forbids lawmakers from “romantic” relationships with interns, employees or anyone else they supervise.
The staffer told investigators that Price later threatened her job after he found out he was being investigated for misconduct. The staffer said Price told her “where I come from, people die” for behavior similar to the staffer’s.
Ethics Committee members agreed that Price retaliated against the staffer for fulfilling her job as a mandatory reporter. They also found that Price repeatedly lied to the committee and investigators.
https://www.ky3.com/2020/12/17/missouri-lawmaker-denounced-for-alleged-sex-with-intern/