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Just days before Tuesdays election in the tight race for San Diegos 52nd Congressional District seat, a second former staffer for Republican candidate Carl DeMaio is accusing him of sexual harassment.
Navy veteran Justin Harper, 25, said he began interning with DeMaios campaign in February and was hired as a regional political director a month later. His job was to make phone calls and knock on doors to ask voters for their support.
Harper said he quit on July 12, two days after an incident involving DeMaio in a restroom at campaign headquarters.
Harper talked with KPBS a week ago by phone, but he requested that his name not be used in a story about the alleged harassment. KPBS declined to publish or air anonymous allegations.
http://www.kpbs.org/news/2014/nov/02/second-campaign-staffer-accuses-gop-congressional-
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(15,749 posts)Less than 48 hours before Election Day, a second former campaign worker for Carl DeMaio is contending the congressional candidate acted in a sexually inappropriate manner.
A DeMaio spokesman called the claim an outrageous lie and said that, according to a KPBS report, the campaign manager for DeMaios opponent, Democratic Rep. Scott Peters, had a role in helping surface the new allegation.
The former aide, Justin Harper, told U-T San Diego Sunday evening that in July he was in a restroom and noticed DeMaio behind him, turned around and saw DeMaio holding his exposed genitals.
Harper, a Navy veteran, said he was shocked and quickly exited. No one else was present.
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/nov/02/demaio-allegation-harassment-election/
Even the San Diego Union-Tribune, a notorious Republican newsrag and DeMaio supporter, are reporting this latest accusation. But of course their spin is to blame DeMaio's opponent.