GOP Rep. Blake Farenthold lawmaker behind $84K sexual harassment settlement

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Rep. Blake Farenthold used taxpayer money to settle a sexual harassment claim brought by his former spokesman — the only known sitting member of Congress to have used a little-known congressional account to pay an accuser, sources told POLITICO.

Lauren Greene, the Texas Republican’s former communications director, sued her boss in December 2014 over allegations of gender discrimination, sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment.

Greene claimed in the lawsuit that another Farenthold aide told her the lawmaker had “sexual fantasies” and “wet dreams” about Greene. She also claimed that Farenthold “regularly drank to excess” and told her in February 2014 that he was “estranged from his wife and had not had sex with her in years.”

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Greene had worked for Farenthold for 18 months. According to Greene's complaint in court, Farenthold and his top aide, Bob Haueter, sexually harassed her, allegations that both men vehemently denied.

“Farenthold regularly drank to excess, and because of his tendency to flirt, the staffers who accompanied him to Capitol Hill functions would joke that they had to be on ‘red head patrol to keep him out of trouble,’” Greene’s complaint alleged. “On one occasion, prior to February 2014, during a staff meeting at which [Greene] was in attendance, Farenthold disclosed that a female lobbyist had propositioned him for a ‘threesome.’”

The complaint added: “On June 10, 2014, in response to Haueter’s complaint about [Greene’s] shirt … which Haueter claimed was transparent and showed [Greene’s] nipples, Farenthold told [another woman staffer] that [Greene] could show her nipples whenever she wanted to,” Greene’s complaint asserted.

Greene said Farenthold avoided meeting one-on-one with her, and she also felt awkward about meeting with Farenthold.

When Greene complained to Farenthold directly in June 2014 about her problems with Haueter, she was “marginalized and undermined” by the Texas Republican, and then fired several weeks later, Greene asserted.

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/01/blake-farenthold-taxpayer-funds-sexual-harassment-274458

[BoneyardDem]

1. Why is it that tax payer money must be used to payout for personal indiscretions?

If there are no consequences to their actions, whats to stop more bad behaviors?

I think they all should be required to pay back the taxpayer....just like using gov't planes for personal use.

[Angry Dragon]

3. the fund has been used for years .......... someone posted a chart on DU within the last few weeks

[BoneyardDem]

4. Doesn't make it right...right?

[Angry Dragon]

7. I agree.........does not make it right.......release the names

[Angry Dragon]

2. is that his offfical photo??

[Dawson Leery]

5. Will he get the same attention that John Conyers had gotten?

No.

[Gothmog]

6. Ducky Pajama Boy (Blake Farenthold) is an idiot

[demmiblue]

8. Ugh... he is so gross. I am glad this info was exposed. n/t

[Gothmog]

9. Ducky Boy!

Juanita Jean is amused http://juanitajean.com/ducky-boy/

So, everybody else has to resign for sexual harassment but Blake gets off scott free and the taxpayers pay off his debt for wrongdoing.

Must be his good looks.





Resign now, Blakie.

[Gothmog]

10. From the Texas Democratic Party

Link to tweet

[TexasBushwhacker]

11. Mr. Family Values used to own the URL "Blow-Me.org"

http://heavy.com/news/2014/12/lauren-greene-blake-fartenhold-sexual-harassment-lawsuit-bob-haueter/

"The D.C. blog Heard on the Hill reported on December 15 (2014) that Farenthold, a father of two, owned the domain name for the website http://www.Blow-Me.Org."

[Sanity Claws]

12. He doesn't look like a man who would harass a woman!

Haha.