The unfolding controversy poses a grave political threat to a rising star in the Democratic Party — one who made a name for himself by exposing sexual misconduct and coverups.
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro speaks at the United Neighborhood Centers of Northeastern Pennsylvania Oppenheim Healthy Aging Campus in Scranton, Pa., on Thursday, May 25, 2023. After a top aide to Gov. Shapiro was accused of sexual harassment earlier this year, the governor's office settled with the complainant for $295,000 last month, according to documents released by the administration Friday, Oct. 20, 2023, through an open records request., Rep.
On Friday, the Shapiro administration released a $295,000 settlement agreement with the woman that’s designed to bar both her and state officials from discussing what happened.of how Mr. Shapiro’s administration handled the allegations.
The non-disclosure clause in his administration’s six-figure settlement with the alleged victim has raised alarms with survivors’ advocates and First Amendment defenders alike. It was finalized in secret, three weeks before the Sept. 27 announcement of Mr. Vereb’s departure from the governor’s office.
In the mediated settlement, Mr. Shapiro’s administration admits to no wrongdoing, and the accuser gives up any future rights to sue over her claims. At the same time, the story drew national media attention that “probably has scuttled any chances has of running nationally, because he became, for a while, the poster child of what not to be in the #MeToo era,” Ms. Roginsky said.
“He built his profile largely on exposing what the Catholic Church was doing — by the way, at great political peril to himself — and really became a hero for a lot of people by doing that,” Ms. Roginsky said. “It would be awful for him to sacrifice all that goodwill by preventing a survivor from telling her story.”
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