Lawmaker says harassment by colleague was unacceptable
April 22, 2021
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BEND, Ore. (AP) A Republican state lawmaker who says she was subjected to sexual harassment by Rep. Brad Witt, D-Clatskanie, said he responded inappropriately when she asked him to support a bill.
“I asked for a yes vote,” Rep. Vikki Breese Iverson of Prineville told the Central Oregon Daily News. “He responded with some questions. I responded to his questions. He interjected with, going out for a beer, going out for dinner, dot dot dot. I continued to ignore those and just give the answers to the questions he had asked, and the last text that came through was just unacceptable.”
Oregon lawmaker says harassment by colleague was unacceptable
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Rep. Vikki Breese Iverson, R-Prineville, has gone public with her allegation that she was sexually harassed in texts from Rep. Brad Witt, D-Clatskanie.
Iverson said Tuesday that she was the previously anonymous lawmaker who accused Witt of sexual harassment. She said she was speaking out after the bipartisan House Conduct Committee rejected a recommendation that Witt be removed from chairmanship of the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee.
Iverson is a member of the committee, and the formal conduct complaint filed against Witt says the incident occurred during a meeting on April 12. Details of what happened have not been fully divulged, but Iverson said Tuesday that Witt had sent her inappropriate texts.
Rep. Breese Iverson accuses Democrat state lawmaker Witt of sexual harassment
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) State Rep. Vikki Breese Iverson, R-Prineville, says she was subjected to sexual harassment and pressured to take part in a “quid-pro-quo” arrangement by longtime Democratic Rep. Brad Witt of Clatskanie.
Breese Iverson, outlined her allegations Monday in a letter to House Speaker Tina Kotek, a Democrat, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported. Breese Iverson has asked that Kotek remove Witt from the three legislative committees she and he both serve on.
“The fact Representative Witt chose to sexually harass me leaves us no room for any future ability to have real discussions regarding committee business or other House Floor business,” Breese Iverson wrote. “The quid-pro-quo he texted me is an inexcusable abuse of his power. Experiencing this sexual harassment is something I should not have to be exposed to or accept as a course of business, especially in today’s Capi
Oregon lawmaker accuses state representative of sexual harassment
Updated Apr 20, 2021;
Posted Apr 20, 2021
Rep. Brad Witt, D-Clatskanie, faces allegations that he sexually harassed another lawmaker. On Monday, Rep. Vikki Breese Iverson, R-Prineville, outlined her allegations in a letter to House Speaker Tina Kotek, D-Portland.The Oregonian
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SALEM A Republican state lawmaker says she was subjected to sexual harassment and pressured to take part in a “quid-pro-quo” arrangement by longtime Rep. Brad Witt, D-Clatskanie.
State Rep. Vikki Breese Iverson, of Prineville, outlined her allegations Monday in a letter to House Speaker Tina Kotek, a Democrat, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported. Breese Iverson has asked that Kotek remove Witt from the three legislative committees she and he both serve on.
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