Garcetti Ordered To Testify In Ex-Advisor's Sex Harassment Case

Los Angeles CA

18 December, 2020

5:30 PM

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CBSLA Staff, CBS Los Angeles December 18 2020 LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – A judge ruled Thursday that Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti must submit to a deposition in the case of his former deputy chief of staff who has been sued by a Los Angeles police officer for sexual harassment. In July, Officer Matthew Garza, a 23-year veteran of the LAPD who worked as part of Garcetti's security detail from 2014 to 2019, filed a lawsuit alleging that Garcetti's former advisor Rick Jacobs subjected him to sexually explicit comments and unwanted physical contact. Garza alleges Jacobs subjected him on "hundreds of occasions to unwanted and unwelcome sexual comments and touching," including tight hugs and shoulder rubbing. Read more at CBS Los Angeles