Josh Zepnick removed from Assembly committees after he allegedly kissed women without consent
State Rep. Josh Zepnick has been stripped of his Assembly committee posts after allegations he drunkenly kissed two women without their consent.
The allegations, made public in a Capital Times report last week, led to calls from the state Democratic Party and Assembly Democratic leadership for Zepnick, D-Milwaukee, to resign.
So far, Zepnick has refused.
The office of Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said Tuesday that Zepnick has been removed from his Assembly committees at the request of Assembly Democratic Leader Gordon Hintz.
Hintz, D-Oshkosh, said in a statement Tuesday that stripping Zepnick of his committee assignments is "one of the few disciplinary actions available to me as Minority Leader."
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