{"id":4037,"date":"2026-07-22T20:13:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T20:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4037"},"modified":"2026-07-22T20:13:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T20:13:16","slug":"republican-rep-urged-to-resign-after-sexual-harassment-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4037","title":{"rendered":"Republican Rep Urged to Resign After Sexual Harassment Verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>A Florida Republican is facing calls to resign after he was found liable for sexually harassing two of his male staffers. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4035\">Darline Graham Sends Clear Signal to MAGA Doubters<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Calls for State Rep. Fabi\u00e1n Basabe to bow out of office come in addition to his being ordered to pay his former aides\u2014a legislative assistant and an intern\u2014a combined $450,000 in damages.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cRep. Basabe\u2019s behavior is disgusting, and I am disturbed that the Republican leadership in the House engaged in a cover-up to shield Rep. Basabe from the consequences of his actions,\u201d said the chair of the Florida Democratic Party, Nikki Fried, in a statement. \u201cRep. Basabe has no business holding public office for another day; he must resign immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Basabe, who was a cast member on the mid-2000s reality show <i>Filthy Rich: Cattle Drive, <\/i>has denied any wrongdoing. The lawsuit was filed against him in July 2023 but concluded last week.<\/p>\n<p>The suit claimed that Basabe once slapped an aide, Nicolas Frevola, in the rear and told him, \u201cI want all of that butt.\u201d The aide also alleged that Basabe once slapped him across the face.<\/p>\n<p>A Florida House Human Resources Department probe found that Basabe had inappropriately touched an aide but concluded that the slapping claim was \u201cinconclusive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Basabe\u2019s former unpaid intern, Jacob Cutbirth, alleged that the state lawmaker groped him, tried to kiss him, and invited him up to his room when he drove him to a hotel after he had been drinking.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4033\">Number of Americans Not Working Rockets to Record High Under Trump<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cutbirth, then 24, alleged that Basabe, 48, called him \u201ceye candy,\u201d asked if he had a \u201cbig d&#8211;k,\u201d and told him that flirting with him was part of his job. Cutbirth alleged that Basabe also urged him to call off his engagement to his girlfriend and \u201cexplore his sexuality by having sex with men.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both former staffers alleged that Basabe showed them a nude photo of a man and encouraged them to have casual sex. They also said he told them he was a \u201cbottom\u201d and wanted them to be \u201ctops.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Basabe, who chose to represent himself, appeared nervous in court. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remembered all of my statement wrong,\u201d he reportedly told a judge. \u201cI\u2019m kind of freaking out right now.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>In a statement, he later said he regretted the decision to represent himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLooking back, representing myself was a mistake,\u201d his statement read. \u201cI underestimated how different civil litigation is from what most people believe. It operates under different standards, different procedures, and different rules. That is the lesson I take from today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The representative, who once claimed to be gay, campaigned as a moderate Republican who supported LGBTQ+ rights. However, he voted in favor of Florida\u2019s \u201cDon\u2019t Say Gay\u201d law and banning children from drag performances.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Basabe rode in Miami Beach\u2019s Gay Pride parade in 2023, but was excluded from the parade the following year by organizers who cited security concerns. He is seeking reelection this fall.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4032\">Trump Thirsts Over His Eighth War in Unlikely Country<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Florida Republican is facing calls to resign after he was found liable for sexually harassing two of his male staffers. Read more Darline Graham Sends Clear Signal to MAGA Doubters Calls for State Rep. Fabi\u00e1n Basabe to bow out of office come in addition to his being ordered to pay his former aides\u2014a legislative [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Republican Rep Urged to Resign After Sexual Harassment Verdict - Nationwide Inter State Movers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4037\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Republican Rep Urged to Resign After Sexual Harassment Verdict - Nationwide Inter State Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A Florida Republican is facing calls to resign after he was found liable for sexually harassing two of his male staffers. 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