Court documents in the George Esparza case allege that a billionaire Chinese real estate developer played a crucial role in helping L.A. Councilman Jose Huizar settle a sexual harassment lawsuit as he was seeking re-election.
As L.A. officials battle the coronavirus pandemic, a corruption scandal has fueled mistrust in City Hall.
The arrangement allowed Huizar to secure a $570,000 bank loan and pay the sexual harassment settlement, resolving it without any public disclosure of the details, according to Esparza’s plea agreement. Several city officials have called on Huizar to resign in recent weeks. Council President Nury Martinez did so Thursday, saying the latest filing directly implicates Huizar in “illegal, offensive and absolute abuse-of-power dealings.”
“Everybody knew he didn’t have that money,” Molina said in an interview. “Nobody would say how much [the settlement] was, but somebody had to have given it to him.”
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