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Rep. Jeff Hoover’s Accuser Asks Court To Dismiss His Lawsuit Against Her
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Marissa Espinosa is fighting Rep. Jeff Hoover’s claim that she improperly divulged details of a secret sexual harassment settlement.
Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting (https://kycir.org/tag/kentucky-legislative-ethics-commission/)
Marissa Espinosa is fighting Rep. Jeff Hoover’s claim that she improperly divulged details of a secret sexual harassment settlement.
Our investigation found that the legislative commission that looked into Rep. Jeff Hoover’s alleged ethics violations knew about the woman’s claims of unwanted touching, but didn’t publicly discuss them or seriously investigate the veracity of the claim.
A lawyer representing the accuser says she will appeal to a higher court to stop the deposition from taking place.
House Speaker David Osborne said in a statement that he “takes all allegations of a hostile work environment seriously.”
The state Legislative Ethics Commission unanimously found probable cause Tuesday in three formal complaints filed by female Statehouse employees against former Rep. John Arnold, a Democrat from Sturgis in western Kentucky.