Florida Republican Rep. Fabian Basabe allegedly slapped a 25-year-old former aide on the butt at an elementary school career day event and told him “I want all of that,” according to a lawsuit filed by two male former staffers on Thursday.
A Republican Congressman from Florida has been accused of sexual harassment and unwanted touching in a lawsuit filed by two male former staffers on Thursday, thereported. Rep. Fabian Basabe allegedly slapped 25-year-old former aide Nicolas Frevola on the butt at an elementary school career day event and told him “I want all of that,” according to the complaint. The lawsuit also alleges Basabe slapped Frevola across the face and placed him on paid administrative leave after the incident.
Ex-intern Jacob Cutbirth, 24, claims Basabe “began to physically touch and grope him and to grab at him to try to kiss him” despite demands to stop—weeks before becoming an intern. He says Basabe repeatedly flirted with him in the office and even suggested he break up with his girlfriend to explore “having sex with men,” the lawsuit states. Six weeks into the job, Cutbirth quit. Basabe has denied the allegations, and his lawyers called the lawsuit “frivolous and meritless” in a statement to the.
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