From the Chicago Tribune: San Diego Mayor Bob Filner will complete intensive therapy treatment for sexually harassing women less than a week into the course, short of what was originally billed as a two-week session, the law firm representing him said on Friday.
"Upon completion of the treatment program, Mayor Filner is planning to continue therapy sessions on an outpatient basis," according to a statement from Orange County-based Payne & Fears. "Mayor Filner is taking personal time next week and will be unavailable for comment."
Filner would complete his treatment on Saturday, according to the statement. Earlier in the week his staff confirmed he began his two-week treatment as planned on Monday August 5.
Filner's staff did not return calls Friday to ask about the mayor's whereabouts.
The announcement is the latest twist in a scandal that began three weeks ago with anonymous allegations of inappropriate behavior with female staff floated by a former city councilwoman and two lawyers.
The allegations included one-sided flirtatious behavior, unwanted kissing, and inappropriate touching. Filner apologized and admitted he had disrespected women, and begged for the chance to become a better person.
The following week, lawyer Gloria Allred filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the city and Filner on behalf of her client, Irene McCormack Jackson, Filner's former press secretary.
Jackson's allegations included that the mayor suggested she would do better work while not wearing panties. Within days, the city attorney filed suit against Filner, demanding that he pay his own attorney fees and any judgment that came out of the suit. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-usa-sandiego-filner-20130809,0,7675880.story
There is still a significant number of Democrats in San Diego who still support this guy and would rather have this pervert as mayor than a Republican or another Democrat.
But this guy is making fun of sexual harassment and his attitude towards women is horrible.
And yet people still support him rather than having a GOP mayor.
Meanwhile, President Obama stays silent.
The Democrat Party war on women continues.
Merry Christmas!
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