A former staffer for the Herschel Walker campaign filed a lawsuit Tuesday against conservative leader Matt Schlapp, alleging that Schlapp sexually assaulted him after an event in Georgia in October. Schlapp has denied „any improper behavior.“
A former staffer for the Herschel Walker campaign has filed a lawsuit against conservative leader Matt Schlapp, alleging that Schlapp sexually assaulted him after an event in Georgia in October, and seeking nearly $9.4 million in damages.
According to a complaint, the staffer — who is identified only as “John Doe” but described as a man in his late 30s — said the unwanted sexual advances occurred after he was tasked with driving Schlapp back to Atlanta from a Walker campaign event in Perry, Ga., on Oct. 19.
Schlapp, chairman of the Conservative Political Action Coalition, has denied “any improper behavior,” according to a statement from his lawyer to the Daily Beast, which first reported on the allegations earlier this month.
“This anonymous complaint demonstrates the accuser’s real agenda, working in concert with Daily Beast to attack and harm the Schlapp family,” Schlapp’s attorney, Charlie Spies, said in a statement that Schlapp tweeted Tuesday afternoon. “The complaint is false, and the Schlapp family is suffering unbearable pain and stress due to the false allegation from an anonymous individual.”
Schlapp and his wife, who is also named in the complaint, are “assessing counter-lawsuit options,” the statement added.
According to the complaint, Schlapp and the staffer exchanged phone numbers upon their return to Atlanta because the staffer had also been assigned to drive Schlapp to another Walker campaign event in Macon, Ga., the following morning.
Schlapp invited the staffer for a drink, which the staffer said he accepted because Schlapp — chairman of the American Conservative Union, which organizes the annual Conservative Political Action Conference — “is a very prominent and well-connected person in conservative politics” and he was eager to make a connection that might further his career, according to the complaint.
