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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.”

559: Mathew Capsel

Familial Abuse & Violence

Mathew Capsel is an insurrectionist. He was on arrested on January 6th and two days later violated a protection order filed by a former romantic partner after he was violent. He has defied protection orders multiple times. He was also arrested for batter in 2013 for an incident where he allegedly hit a woman 3 to 4 times. He was not prosecuted for this.