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527: Frank Sapareto

Familial Abuse & Violence
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Frank Sapareto was a state legislator in New Hampshire. He lost re-election in 2018 after being sued for hitting the producer of a porn video he played a role in. He was not voted out after convicted of assaulting his ex-girlfriend’s son and daughter. He claimed he was just protecting her from her angry son, but he did plead guilty to all three counts of misdemeanor assault. The others told police that Sapareto forced his way into their home and was the aggressor.

526: James Spillane

Familial Abuse & Violence
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James Spillane represents Rockingham2 in the New Hampshire legislature and has since 2014. He was elected in spite of pleading guilty to trying to strangle his wife. They had been out to dinner, he had a few drinks so she was driving. They were arguing and he yanked hard on the wheel causing the car to go off the road and crash near their home. The car totaled a neighbor’s mailbox and they called 911. So did Spillane’s wife. According to the police, she said that her husband “just tried to kill her…he totaled her car with her in it and he came in the house and tried to strangle her.”

525: Michael Weeden

Menacing, Sexual Assault
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Michael Weeden is a former Dover, NH, City Councilor and a NH state representative. In 2015. he was convicted in a jury trial for felony criminal threatening and sentenced to a year in jail with 180 days suspended. He was acquitted of raping her in a separate trial. The alleged attack happened on March 5, 2012.

524: Michael Sylvia

Rape Culture
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Michael Sylvia is one of many Republican legislators in New Hampshire who refused to censure Robert “Red Pill” Fisher. In fact, they were so hostile to criticizing Fisher, they voted not to allow the criticism by another legislator to be read in to the record. Then, in a meeting, Sylvia was told about a deputy sheriff who raped a prisoner he was transporting. Syliva referred to rapists as people who “had time on their hands.”

523: Howard Pearl

Child Molestation, Sexual Assault
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Howard Pearl was a member of the New Hampshire House from 2016 to 2022 when he won election to the New Hampshire Senate. In 2014, he was charged with misdemeanor sexual assault, accused of touching a 15-year-old girl. When he ran for Senate, though, he said he had his day in court and the charges…

409: Corey Lewandowski

Assault, Sexual Assault
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Corey Lewandowski was one of Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign managers. Though he was fired, He continued to be part of the Trump world until 2021 after he was alleged to assault a Trump donor. The most infamous was the incident with Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields. Fields was knocked down but did not know who grabbed…

346: Samuel Pimm

Sexual Assault
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Samuel Pimm is a Republican Party consultant. According to his Linked-In profile, he specializes in primaries targeting RINOs (mainstream Republicans.) On a flight to London, he was seated next to a woman whom he groped while he thought she was sleeping. She was trying to sleep using a sleep mask and felt him touching her arm and bread, then stroking her thigh. She pretended to wake up and got out of her seat. She asked the crew if she could change seats, explaining the situation. He was arrested upon arrival. He was also charged with obstruction because he washed his hands when the police arrested him, dipping his hand into his waterglass thirteen times. He was found guilty.

318: Frank Sapareto

Assault
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Frank Sapareto was a New Hampshire Republican state representative. He was elected even though he was convicted of three counts of assault in 2013. An argument with his girlfriend’s son ended up with two charges of assaulting the girlfriend’s son and one charge for assaulting her daughter. He appealed the convictions but was unsuccessful. Ironically, he was named vice chairman of the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee.

Two years later, he was sued for assault, accused of beating up his collaborator in a porn video. He was the actor and was unhappy with the day’s filming. He was accused of breaking into the producer’s home and beating him into unconsciousness. He was hospitalized and the hospital documented severe injuries. Sapareto claimed thought he was filming a tourism video for Japanese tourist but the hours of video proved he was lying. He was removed from his committee vice chairmanship and lost re-election.