ON MANY OCCASIONS ENGAGED IN
BASED HARASSING CONDUCT AND
CONVERSATIONS. THE MOST
SERIOUS WITH THE WAS THE
GOVERNORS UNWELCOME PHYSICAL
CONTACT WITH WOMEN, INCLUDING
TOUCHING INTIMATE BODY PARTS.
HE ENGAGED IN THIS CONDUCT WAS
STATE EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING
THOSE WHO DIDNT WORK IN THE
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER AS WELL AS
NON EMPLOYEES. ONE CURRENT
EMPLOYEE WHO WE IDENTIFY AS
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT. NUMBER
ONE INJURED REPEATED PHYSICAL
VIOLATIONS. ON NOVEMBER 16TH
2020 IN THE EXECUTIVE MANSION.
THE GOVERNOR HUNT EXECUTIVE
ASSISTANT NUMBER ONE AND
REACHED UNDER HER BLOUSE TO
GRAB HER. THIS WAS THE
CULMINATION OF A PATTERN OF
INAPPROPRIATE CONDUCT,
INCLUDING NUMEROUS CLOSE AND
INTIMATE HUGS WHERE THE
GOVERNOR HELD ARE SO CLOSELY
THAT HER WHICH PRESSED AGAINST
HIS BODY AND HE SOMETIMES RAN
HIS HANDS UP AND DOWN HIS HER
BACK WHILE HE DID SO. THERE
ARE ALSO SEVERAL OCCASIONS ON
WHICH THE GOVERNOR GRABBED
HER. EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
NUMBER ONE HAD VOWED THAT SHE
WAS GOING TO TAKE THESE
VIOLATIONS AS SHE PUT IT TO
THE GRAVE. SHE WAS TERRIFIED
THAT IF SHE SPOKE OUT, SHE
WOULD LOSE HER JOB. BUT SHE
BROKE DOWN IN FRONT OF
COLLEAGUES WHEN SHE HEARD THE
GOVERNOR ON MARCH 3RD, 2021 IN
HIS PRESS CONFERENCE CLAIM
THAT HE HAD NEVER TOUCHED
ANYONE INAPPROPRIATELY. SHE
CONFIDED IN HER CO-WORKERS WHO
SAW HER BREAKDOWN AS TO WHAT
HAD HAPPENED. AND THEY WERE
THE ONES THAT REPORTED THE
CONDUCT 2 ATTORNEYS IN THE
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER. THE
GOVERNOR ALSO SEVERAL TIMES
INAPPROPRIATELY TOUCHED A
STATE TROOPER ASSIGNED TO THE
UNIT TO PROTECT THE GOVERNOR.
IN AN ELEVATOR WAS STANDING
BEHIND THE TROOPER. HE RAN HIS
FINGER FROM HER NECK, DOWN HER
SPINE AND SAID, HEY, YOU.
ANOTHER TIME SHE WAS STANDING
HOLDING THE DOOR OPEN FOR THE
GOVERNOR AS HE PASSED. HE TOOK
HIS OPEN HAND AND RAN IT
ACROSS HER STOMACH FROM HER
BELLY BUTTON TO WISH THE
HIPPER. SHE KEEPS HER GUN. SHE
TOLD US THAT SHE FELT
COMPLETELY VIOLATED. TO HAVE
THE GOVERNOR TOUCH OR AS SHE
PUT IT, BETWEEN HER CHEST AND
HER PRIVATES. THE ALSO IN A
PERFECTLY TOUCHED WOMEN WHO
ATTENDING WORK-RELATED EVENTS
WHICH THE GOVERNOR MADE
REMARKS. AT ONE EVENT IN
SEPTEMBER, 2019. WELL, HAVING
HIS PICTURE TAKEN WITH AN
EMPLOYEE OF A STATE ENTITY.
THE GOVERNOR GRAB THIS YOUNG
WOMANS. AT ANOTHER EVENT IN
MAY OF 2017, THE GOVERNOR
PRESSED AND RAN HIS FINGERS
ACROSS THE CHEST OF A WOMAN
WHILE READING THE NAME OF HER
COMPANY WHOSE LOGO WAS ON HER
CHEST. THE GOVERNOR ALSO
ENGAGED IN A WIDESPREAD
PATTERN OF SUBJECTING WOMEN
UNWANTED HUGS AND KISSES AND
TOUCHING THEM IN WAYS THAT
MADE THEM UNCOMFORTABLE.
CONDUCT. THAT IS NOT JUST OLD
FASHION AFFECTIONATE BEHAVIOR
AS HE AND SOME OF HIS STAFF
MEMBERS WOULD HAVE IT. BUT
UNLAWFUL BASED HARASSMENT. IN
ADDITION TO THE PHYSICAL
CONDUCT, OUR INVESTIGATION
FOUND THAT THE GOVERNOR
REGULARLY MAKE COMMENTS TO
STAFF MEMBERS AND STATE
EMPLOYEES. THEY WERE OFFENSIVE
AND GENDER BASED. FOR EXAMPLE,
THE GOVERNOR CROSS THE LINE
MANY TIMES WHEN SPEAKING WITH
CHARLOTTE BENNETT, A BRIEF RUN
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT.
PARTICULARLY IN SPRING OF
2020. WHEN SHE CONFIDED IN THE
GOVERNOR THAT SHED BEEN
SEXUALLY ASSAULTED IN COLLEGE.
HE ASKED HER FOR THE DETAILS
OF HER ASSAULT. WHEN TALKING
ABOUT POTENTIAL GIRLFRIENDS,
HE SAID HE THOUGHT HE COULD
DATE WOMEN AS YOUNG AS 22
KNOWING THAT SPEND IT WAS 25
AT THE TIME. HE ASKED HER
WHETHER SHE HAD EVER BEEN WITH
OLDER MEN. HE TOLD HER THAT HE
WAS LONELY AND WANTED TO BE
TOUCHED. HE ASKED OR SHE WAS
BUT NOT MISS WHAT SHE THOUGHT
ABOUT MONOGAMY. HE SPECULATOR
AND HOW HER HISTORY AS A
ASSAULT SURVIVOR MIGHT AFFECT
HER ROMANTIC LIFE. HE TOLD HER
THAT SHE LOOKS LIKE DAISY
DUKE. HE SUGGESTED THAT SHE
GOT A TATTOO. SHE WAS
CONTEMPLATING ON HER AND ASKED
IF SHE HAD ANY PIERCINGS
ANYWHERE OTHER THAN HER YEARS.
MISS BENNETT, TEXT IT TO A
FRIEND ON THE DAY WHERE MANY
OF THESE COMMENTS WERE MADE
THAT SHE WAS UPSET AND
CONFUSED AND THAT SHE WAS
SHAKING. ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS
THE GOVERNORS COMMENTS TO THE
STATE TROOPER. THE SAME
TROOPER. HE TOUCHED ON THE
STOMACH AND BACK. AFTER THE
GOVERNOR HAD BECOME SINGLE. HE
ASKED THE TROOPER HOW OLD SHE
WAS WHEN SHE RESPONDED. SHE
WAS IN HER LATE 20S. HE SAID
THATS TOO OLD FOR HIM. HE
THEN ASKED HER HOW MUCH OF AN
AGE DIFFERENCE HE THOUGHT HE
COULD HAVE BETWEEN HIM AND A
GIRLFRIEND AND HAVE THE PUBLIC
STILL ACCEPT IT. SHE SUGGESTED
LIKE A GOOD IDEA TO STICK WITH
WOMEN, AT LEAST AS OLD AS YOUR
DAUGHTERS. SHE THEN TRIED TO
DEFLECT THE CONVERSATION BY
ASKING THE GOVERNOR WHAT HE
WAS LOOKING FOR. A GIRLFRIEND.
HE RESPONDED THAT HE WAS
LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY HE COULD
HANDLE PAIN. ANOTHER TIME FOR
THE GOVERNOR FOUND OUT THAT
THE TROOPER WAS ENGAGED. HE
ASKED HER WHY SHE WANT TO GET
MARRIED BECAUSE AMONG OTHER
THINGS, YOUR DRIVE GOES DOWN.
AS DETAILED IN THE REPORT
EMPLOYEES WERE COUNTED A
PATTERN OF SOME EARLY
OFFENSIVE COMMENTS AND
CONVERSATIONS. SUCH AS THE
GOVERNOR REPEATEDLY ASKING
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT NUMBER
ONE, WHETHER SHE WOULD CHEAT
ON HER HUSBAND. SAYING TO HER,
IF YOU ARE SINGLE THE THINGS I
WOULD DO TO YOU. TELLING HER
THAT SHE LOOKED GREAT FOR HER
AGE, WHICH WAS EARLY 30S AND
FROM OTHER. CALLING HER AND
CO-WORKER. ALYSSA MCGRATH
MINGLE MAMAS. COMPARING
LINDSEY BOYLAN TO MORE
ATTRACTIVE VERSION OF ONE OF
HIS EX-GIRLFRIENDS AND TO US.
WOMEN ALSO DESCRIBED TO US
HAVING THE GOVERNORS SEEK THEM
OUT. STARE INTENTLY AT THEM,
LOOK THEM UP AND DOWN. OR GAZE
AT THEIR CHEST OR BUT. IN SUM,
THE TEAM LEE INTERACTED WITH
WOMEN IN WAYS THAT FOCUSED ON
THEIR GENDER. SOMETIMES IN
EXPLICITLY SEXUALISED MANNER
IN WAYS THAT WOMEN FOUND
DEEPLY HUMILIATING AND