{"id":419426,"date":"2021-04-13T22:58:23","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T02:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=419426"},"modified":"2021-04-13T22:58:27","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T02:58:27","slug":"democrat-governors-campaign-settles-lawsuit-filed-by-man-who-said-she-groped-his-crotch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-governors-campaign-settles-lawsuit-filed-by-man-who-said-she-groped-his-crotch\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Governor\u2019s Campaign Settles Lawsuit Filed By Man Who Said She Groped His Crotch"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrat-governors-campaign-settles-lawsuit-filed-by-man-who-said-she-groped-his-crotch%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=419426&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1785.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"e12o35pe0 css-1wr5klf\" readability=\"44.515542676502\">\n<p class>Democrat New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham\u2019s gubernatorial campaign has paid tens of thousands of dollars as part of a settlement with a former male staffer who says that she poured water on his crotch and then proceeded to grab him under his clothes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe five monthly payments of $12,500 are outlined in a campaign finance report filed late Monday by Lujan Grisham\u2019s campaign with the Secretary of State\u2019s Office,\u201d The Albuquerque Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abqjournal.com\/2379452\/gov-s-campaign-settles-with-ex-spokesman.html\">reported<\/a>. \u201cThey are listed as legal expenses, with one payment a month from November through March.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report said that the campaign has paid at least $62,500 as part of the settlement with James Hallinan, who was her spokesman during her 2018 campaign. He now has his own communications company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernor Lujan Grisham and Mr. Hallinan have resolved any differences or issues to their satisfaction,\u201d Hallinan\u2019s attorney Rachel Berlin Benjamin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/nm-michelle-lujan-grisham-crotch-settlement-james-hallinan\">said<\/a> in a statement. \u201cI am not able to provide any further information.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hallinan<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>accused Grisham of \u201cpouring a bottle of water on his crotch and then grabbing his crotch through his clothes as she laughed, an incident he said took place in front of other campaign staffers,\u201d the report added. Grisham and her campaign deny the allegations, saying that there is no merit or truth to the claims.<\/p>\n<p>The New Mexico Republican Party called the settlement a quiet payoff.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.9478827361564\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Michelle Lujan Grisham is quietly paying off a former staffer who has accused her &#8220;of pouring a bottle of water on his crotch and then grabbing his crotch through his clothes as she laughed&#8221;. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MOn75PXspb\">https:\/\/t.co\/MOn75PXspb<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CWidnEwG7N\">pic.twitter.com\/CWidnEwG7N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Republican Party of New Mexico (@NewMexicoGOP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewMexicoGOP\/status\/1382032083879489536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrat New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham\u2019s gubernatorial campaign has paid tens of thousands of dollars as part of a settlement with a former male staffer who says that she &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312146,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1785.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Democrat Governor\u2019s Campaign Settles Lawsuit Filed By Man Who Said She Groped His Crotch","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-419426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1785.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Democrat Governor\u2019s Campaign Settles Lawsuit Filed By Man Who Said She Groped His Crotch","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}