Eagles decide Riley Cooper needs therapy; Bob Filner says city needs to pay his legal bills because he didn’t get any
By “In meeting with Riley yesterday, we decided together that his next step will be to seek outside assistance to help him fully understand the impact of his words and actions. He needs to reflect. As an organization, we will provide the resources he needs to do so.”
Backstory here.
Meanwhile, it turns out Bob Filner only harasses women because the city of which he’s mayor failed to “train” him not to do so:
San Diego Mayor Bob Filner, accused by at least eight women of sexually harassing them, never received a mandated training course on sexual harassment from the city, according to his attorney.
Filner’s lawyer, Harvey Berger, says the city failed to meet its legal requirement and therefore should foot the mayor’s legal bills. Filner and the city of San Diego are being sued by the mayor’s former communications director, Irene McCormack Jackson.
The Associated Press reports that “Berger said the training was scheduled but the city trainer canceled and did not reschedule.” Berger laid out his arguments in a letter to City Attorney Jan Goldsmith, parts of which were made public Wednesday.
City council members have unanimously refused to fund Filner’s defense and are suing the mayor for any damages the city may incur dealing with McCormack’s lawsuit, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.
“If Bob Filner is engaged in unlawful conduct and the city is held liable, he will have to reimburse us every penny the city pays and its attorney fees,” Goldsmith told the U-T.
Member station KPBS reports that when McCormack went public with her allegations earlier this month:
“She described Filner’s penchant for putting her into a headlock and pulling her about, while whispering sexually explicit comments in her ear. She said the mayor often told her he loved her, wanted to kiss her, told her he wanted to see her naked and that she should work without panties at City Hall; and that he wanted to ‘consummate their relationship.’ “