Rep. Michelle Steel's campaign accused opponent Derek Tran of wrongly crafting a legal defense based on victim blaming, while Tran's camp hit back with other allegations.
A California Republican congresswoman’s campaign is criticizing her Democratic attorney opponent of intentionally crafting a legal defense for a client that blamed victims for their alleged sexual harassment — and the challenger is hitting right back. Rep. Michelle Steel, whose Democratic-leaning Orange County seat is considered a crucial hold for Republicans in November, is facing off with Derek Tran.
Pacheco claimed the market and other defendants conducted a 'sham investigation and automatically terminated because he was male.' 'Plaintiff Pacheco was discriminated against for his gender due to the political climate and ‘Me Too’ movement. Plaintiff Pacheco believes Defendants automatically chose the females' side without considering his explanation of events because of his gender,' documents read.
However, Tran sold the firm partway through the litigation and the new leadership took over active cases, including Pacheco’s. In a statement to the Orange County Register, Tom Feher — the current attorney of record on the case — said the California Superior Court has ruled Pacheco’s case has merit and will go to trial. ' despite the attempts of the corporation to deny our client access to justice.
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