so she accepted an off the books job for a million a year...with all comp deferred...and spent 2 years being forced against her will to swallow loads under a desk without being paid...and only left because she was fired? then after another 2 years sues saying she was sexually abused the whole time? oh and just happened to throw in some highly convenient politial accusations that happen to tie in to previously reported claims that similarly had no evidence? this woman who has made similar accusations before of exes who sued her for defamation?
yea i'm gonna exactly gonna jump to a guilty verdict here. rudy def has some issues but this has all the makings of being exposed as largely accusations so wildly dishonest or exaggerated they'll make christine blasey ford blush.
As I said in my previous post, I do agree it’s strange that she took the job under such nebulous terms and that even based on the complaint he began initiating sex with her almost the very day she was hired yet she stuck around for a while.
I think Rudy’s attorney will attempt to paint this as a consensual sexual relationship and they may be successful at it.
In the complaint she claims that he would take advantage of her while she was drunk and forcibly had sex with her even as she said no.
Even when taking into account that the complaint is designed to tell only her side, however, there does seems to actually be documentation that this was a quid pro quo in exchange for legal services, which is certainly a violation of the bar though I’m not sure if it’s criminal. Allowing her access to privileged documents could also be very problematic for Rudy.
I can’t speak to what you’re referring to in terms of accusations against exes, but the legal situation Rudy was helping her with did center around domestic violence and I think they certainly do have a case to show that Rudy knowingly targeted someone who was a victim of domestic violence, took advantage of her expensive legal situation, and then leveraged his reputation to string her along for a large salary that he never intended on paying - all solely so that he could have sex with her and knew that because she was beholden to him for legal services and a livelihood, he could do so successfully.
Why she stayed, and at what point that crosses over from sexual harassment/abuse to a consensual arrangement, I’m not sure. but there’s definitely a case here where they can show more likely than not that Rudy abused her.
At the very, very least it does seem she has a bunch of very embarrassing recordings and documents relating to Rudy, and I can’t imagine that there would be anything good for Rudy that could come out of an extensive period of discovery.
She also seems to have evidence that he was hiding money from his wife during their divorce proceedings. Whether or not that amounts to fraud on his part, I don’t know, but I wouldn’t think it would be a positive thing for his ex wife to learn that he had other money that she wasn’t aware of when they finalized their divorce.
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