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570: Tom Reed

Sexual Misconduct

Tom Reed was a Congressman from New York. A woman accused him of sexual misconduct after he accosted her at a dinner in downtown Minneapolis. The woman was a lobbyist and was attending a fundraising event for a GOP candidate. She alleged that he rubbed her back, unsnapped her bra and stroked her thigh. A witness corroborated her allegations.

569: Kevin Hohn

Child Sexual Abuse Material

Kevin Hohn was the mayor of Brookville, FL, and ran an unsuccessful campaign for Hernando County Commission. He was convicted of producing child sexual exploitation material by secretly recording children in his home. In addition, over 100,000 images and 1,000 videos of child sexual exploitation material were found on his computers. He was sentenced to fifteen years after he pled guilty.

568: Brian Chisholm

Retaliation

Brian Chisholm and his fellow Maryland state legislator Sid Saab owned a gym together. An employee who had worked for them for thirteen years reported that she was sexually harassed for two years by one of their managers. Rather than investigate her complaint, they fired her. She sued them for retaliation. They tried to get the case dismissed, claiming they fired her for timekeeping issues, but the court ruled a reasonable factfinder would see their reason for firing as a pretext, while the real reason was retaliation for suing.

567: Sid Saab

Retaliation

Sid Saab and his fellow Maryland state legislator Brian Chisholm owned a gym together. An employee who had worked for them for thirteen years reported that she was sexually harassed for two years by one of their managers. Rather than investigate her complaint, they fired her. She sued them for retaliation.

564: Donovan Ray Crowl

Familial Abuse & Violence

Donovan Ray Crowl is an insurrectionist. He is a member of the Oath Keepers. In 2005, he was arrested for First Degree domestic violence, but was not prosecuted. Charges were dropped, something that often happens in domestic violence cases. CNN did a long profile with video interviews of friends and family and managed to avoid talking about his domestic violence directly.

563: Andrew Ryan Bennett

Assault, Familial Abuse & Violence

Andrew Ryan Bennett is an insurrectionist. On January 6th, he was chanting “break it down” when he entered the Capitol. He also wore a Proud Boys hat. He has a long criminal history full of violence against women. In 2003, he broke down a glass door at a tattoo parlor and attacked a woman and served eighteen months in prison. That same year his mother called the police for help because he had gotten drunk and was menacing her and others. In 2009, he assaulted his sister and his TWO-YEAR-OLD nephew. He poured bleach on the child. A woman whose known him since childhood said in stroke of understatement, “I don’t think he says women as equals.”