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854: Elijah Schaffer

Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment

Elijah Schaffer is a podcaster who was fired by Glenn Beck’s The Blaze for sexually assaulting a co-worker. Allegedly, he groped her breasts at a film premiere. They did an internal investigation that sustained her allegation and fired him. A second woman, a former employee, sued Blaze, alleging they knew of Schaffer’s behavior but retaliated by firing her when she complained.

848: Dave Estenson

Extortion, Improper Conduct or Comments, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Battery, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Misconduct

Dave Estenson was the Republican nominee for State Senate District 31 in Wisconsin, he lost in a close race. The incumbent Jeff Smith received 50.4% while Estenson received 49.5%. Republicans had hoped to gerrymander District 31 to take out Smith, but perhaps reports of Dave Estenson’s sexual misconduct while he was in law enforcement tarnished…

847: Aron Peña

Sexual Battery, Sexual Harassment

Aron Peña worked as district director for Rep. Mayra Flores. He was fired when it was revealed he had a long history of sexual harassment complaints. Four women came forward with allegations of years of harassment. In addition, he is alleged to have sexually harassed an intern in 2022. There is also a lawsuit pending…

841: Billy Oswald

Sexual Harassment

Billy R. Oswald is a lawyer in Lexington, South Carolina, who was a Lexington County councilman who has run for office as a Republican several times was sued for sexual harassment by Sharon Ross, an employee. Allegations say he exposed himself to employees, pressured employees for sex and berated them for refusing.

839: Joe Lonsdale

Sexual Harassment, Sexual Misconduct

Joe Lonsdale is a co-founder of Palintir, with Peter Thiel. He also founded an accounting software company and is one of the tech billionaires who finance the right. As a Libertarian, he most strongly supports Rand Paul. He was also a mentor for engineering students at Stanford, his alma mater. A former mentee, Ellie Clougherty sued him alleging sexual abuse and rape.

836: Melvin Slack

Assault, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, Stalking/Harassment

Melvin Slack was a Republican candidate for mayor of Shreveport. He dropped out of the race for a couple of days after a woman sought a restraining order, but he got back in because he thought quitting dishonored the memory of his son. He lost.

815: Gary Busey

Sexual Battery, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Misconduct

Gary Busey is an Oscar-nominated actor perhaps most famous now for his turn on Celebrity Apprentice and his vocal support for Donald Trump. In 2022, he allegedly sexual assaulted three women at a Monster Mania convention.

He was arrested and charged with two counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual contact, one count of criminal attempt/criminal sexual contact and one count of harassment.

809: Matthew Leveridge

Coercion, Improper Conduct or Comments, Sexual Harassment

Matthew Leveridge is a Commonwealth Attorney for the 57th Circuit in Kentucky. This is in spite of serious misconduct. For example, he slept with a defendant he was prosecuting for drug offenses. When she got pregnant and told his wife, he tried to get the diversion program he offered her rescinded and send her to jail. He also had an affair with a juror.

798: Kevin Smith

Improper Conduct or Comments, Organizational Cover-Up, Sexual Harassment

He was accused of covering for sexual harassing supervisors in a sexual harassment and disability discrimination suit. In the suit, it was claimed he made dumb blonde jokes and called one employee “porkchop.” He was accused of retaliating when a worker made an official complaint about sexual harassment by other supervisors.

797: Vince McMahon

Organizational Cover-Up, Rape, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment

Vince McMahon is the Chairman of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and a close friend of Donald Trump. He even paid $5 million to Trump’s fraudulent foundation. He’s a generous donor to Republicans as well. He was forced out in 2022 when the board learned he spent millions on settle sexual harassment suits. However, he forced his way back even though there are pending lawsuits for sexual harassment and brand news ones as well.