CA-39: Woman recants sexual harassment claim against 'creepy' Democratic candidate, calls it a 'misu

[Eugene]

Source: Washington Post

Woman recants sexual harassment claim against ‘creepy’ Democratic candidate, calls it a ‘misunderstanding’

By Eli Rosenberg
October 2 at 12:17 AM

A woman who accused a congressional hopeful of sexual harassment announced that she was withdrawing the complaint on Monday, saying she had come to believe after a meeting with the candidate that the incident was a misunderstanding.

Melissa Fazli, a former candidate for the California State Assembly, said she met with Gil Cisneros, who is running as a Democrat in California’s 39th District, over the weekend to discuss comments that Cisneros had made to her earlier this year after the two saw each other at the California Democrats State Convention.

In the meeting with him, which was brokered by a community activist, Fazli came to believe that she probably had misunderstood his remarks, she said.

“We sat down and we talked about it,” Fazli told The Washington Post. “We rehashed everything, we had a lot of emotions and feelings going in both directions. It was a huge misunderstanding.”

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/10/02/california-woman-recants-sexual-harassment-claim-against-creepy-democratic-candidate-calls-it-misunderstanding/

[libdem4life]

1. Regardless of the outcome, both candidates/parties did the right thing.

Sexual harassment is often an interpretation. I know, I've been there. We must not be able to be tarred and feathered with ... prove every accusation is true. It dilutes the entire situation. That it is politically front and center and needs to be confronted is a huge step for women's rights.

A new phrase needs to be in the public lexicon..."Back off, Buster." ... with power and intention to subvert, rather than to internalize it to be brought out at a less fortuitous time.