Vereb’s accuser, who worked briefly in his office before resigning her position in March, said he made repeated sexual advances toward her and lewdly discussed relationships with other staffers.
, and raises questions about when the governor’s office was first informed of the woman’s accusations against Vereb and what steps the administration may have taken to address them.It remains unclear how far the complaint against Vereb progressed in the investigative process of the Human Relations Commission, which handles discrimination complaints for government employees and typically conducts its probes in secret.
State Rep. Abby Major said that Vereb’s accuser confided in her about her experiences with the secretary in March, after Major came forward with. Vereb’s accuser later shared a copy of the complaint with her in July, saying it had been filed a month prior with the commission. The accuser alleged in the complaint that, within weeks, other staffers in Shapiro’s administration were making jokes about her and Vereb’s relationship and warning her that he’d faced earlier misconduct accusations from women.
When the accuser reiterated that she wasn’t interested in Vereb, he told her “f — you” and flicked her off with his middle finger, she said.
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