LAPD officer who alleged harassment by Garcetti advisor gets $1.8 million
1 year, 1 month ago

LAPD officer who alleged harassment by Garcetti advisor gets $1.8 million

LA Times  

LAPD Officer Matthew Garza alleged harassment by Rick Jacobs, above, a onetime advisor to former Mayor Eric Garcetti. The council voted 13-0 to settle the 2020 lawsuit brought by LAPD Officer Matthew Garza, who served on Garcetti’s security detail and alleged that Rick Jacobs inappropriately hugged and touched him and made crude sexual comments over a period of several years. Enabling predators isn’t leadership — residents of Los Angeles deserved better.” Jacobs, who helped raise money for Garcetti’s 2013 campaign for mayor and guided his political career, didn’t immediately provide comment. Garza sought to leave Garcetti’s security detail in May 2020 after expressing “unspecified mistreatment” to a supervisor, the memo says.

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A report cleared Garcetti and advisor. Attorney for LAPD officer denounces the findings
2 years, 9 months ago

A report cleared Garcetti and advisor. Attorney for LAPD officer denounces the findings

LA Times  

A city-commissioned report found former deputy chief of staff Rick Jacobs, shown in 2016, didn’t inappropriately touch or make lewd comments to a LAPD officer suing the city. In her 310-page report, investigator Leslie Ellis concluded that LAPD Officer Matthew Garza wasn’t subjected to inappropriate behavior by Garcetti advisor Rick Jacobs in Los Angeles or during out-of-state trips. Garza had …

Explained: The sex scandal that is threatening the appointment of US envoy to India
2 years, 9 months ago

Explained: The sex scandal that is threatening the appointment of US envoy to India

Firstpost  

The nomination of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti as the US ambassador to India could face further delay as a top Republican Senator has sought to put the matter on hold due to a pending investigation into complaints of sexual harassment against his adviser, Rick Jacobs. The nomination of Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti as the US ambassador to India …

Former Garcetti staffer says an aide’s unwanted kissing and touching was ‘an open secret’
3 years, 5 months ago

Former Garcetti staffer says an aide’s unwanted kissing and touching was ‘an open secret’

LA Times  

A former high-level aide to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti testified last month that former Garcetti advisor Rick Jacobs kissed both her and her husband on the mouth without their consent, and that a male Garcetti staffer separately complained to her that Jacobs made a pass at him. She said she encountered a Mafia-like culture that rewarded silence and was …

Garcetti advisor made sexually provocative gesture in photo with mayor
4 years, 1 month ago

Garcetti advisor made sexually provocative gesture in photo with mayor

LA Times  

A photograph showing one of Mayor Eric Garcetti’s closest advisors making a sexually provocative gesture, while the mayor stands nearby, raises new questions about Garcetti’s contention that he had no knowledge of inappropriate behavior by former Deputy Chief of Staff Rick Jacobs. The mayor in July called Jacobs “a committed public servant” and said he should be able to continue …

Two more men accuse Garcetti advisor Rick Jacobs of sexual misconduct
4 years, 2 months ago

Two more men accuse Garcetti advisor Rick Jacobs of sexual misconduct

LA Times  

Rick Jacobs, center, shown in 2016 when he served as deputy chief of staff to Mayor Eric Garcetti. Jacobs said Tuesday amid sexual misconduct allegations that he was taking a leave as a volunteer advisor to Garcetti. Facing two new accusations of sexual misconduct, Rick Jacobs, a top political advisor to Mayor Eric Garcetti, said Tuesday night he will “take …

LAPD officer accuses top Garcetti advisor of sexual harassment
4 years, 5 months ago

LAPD officer accuses top Garcetti advisor of sexual harassment

LA Times  

Rick Jacobs, center, shown in 2016, was named in a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a Los Angeles police officer against the city of L.A. A Los Angeles police officer who served as a bodyguard for Mayor Eric Garcetti for seven years has sued the city, alleging that he was sexually harassed repeatedly by one of the mayor’s top advisors …

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