Close

523: Howard Pearl

Child Molestation, Sexual Assault

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…

516: David Hawk

Familial Abuse & Violence

David Hawk is a Tennessee State Representative. He also ran in the primary for US House District 1, but only got about 5% of the vote. It’s not as bad as it sounds. There were ten in the primary. In 2012, he was charged in a domestic violence incident. The grand jury refused to indict him with the misdemeanor and instead charged him with felony reckless endangerment.

502: John Minnis

Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment

Democratic Governor Ted Kulongowski appointed Minnis as Director of the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training program. He resigned after accused of sexual harassment and possible sexual assault of a subordinate. She alleged that he got her drunk and she woke up in his bed with no memory of what happened. He claimed whatever happened, it was consensual.

499: Eddie Farnsworth

Rape Culture

Eddie Farnsworth was an Arizona state legislator and later state senator until his retirement in 2021. He is most well-known for his endless effort to protect marital rapists. For example, when a Democratic senator introduced a bill allowing severance of the parental rights of rapists he added an amendment to protect the rights of marital rapists.

494: Matt Gaetz

Child Molestation, Rape Culture, Solicitation of a Minor, Trafficking

Matt Gaetz is a current U.S. representative and a former Florida state representative representing the district where the dystopian planned-senior-community The Villages is located. He has been accused of creating a sex game where points are awarded for sleeping with women. He has also been accused of trafficking a minor child, paying her for sex with money, drugs, and alcohol.

473: Chad Lupinacci

Sexual Assault

He was sued in 2018 by his former chief of staff, Brian Finnegan, who accused him of molesting him while the two shared a hotel room in 2017. They usually traveled together from their Long Island office to Albany, sharing a hotel or Lupinacci’s apartment. In December 2017, Finnegan alleges that he was drunk and woke up to Lupinacci fondling his genitals. He quit the next day.

458: S. Vance Wilkins

Sexual Harassment

S. Vance Wilkins was the Republican Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates. In 2002, he paid $100,000 to settle a sexual harassment suit brought by a woman who said he made unwelcome sexual advances to her. She claimed he groped her and pinned her against a desk. She worked for the construction company where Wilkins had his offices. He used to own the company but kept his office there after he sold it.

455: Jon Bramnick

Rape Culture

Jon Bramnick is a Republican senator in the New Jersey state Senate. Before that he served in the New Jersey House of Representatives. He is also a lawyer and his law firm, Bramnick Law, advertises that it will defend those accused of sexual crimes by discrediting the victims. Everyone deserves a zealous defense, everyone, even rapists and child molesters. But, advertising from the outset that you will investigate and discredit accusers is something else.