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Showing posts with label Sexual Harassment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sexual Harassment. Show all posts

Sunday, July 22, 2018

Jim Bopp Setting Up Curtis Hill Legal Defense Fund

The IR team apologizes for the delay in posting. But the team has been sifting through information and handling some personal matters. Last Tuesday we reported on Kevin Betz’s planned press conference the next day about embattled Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill.

In our post we had postulated that:

Given Betz & Hill’s past history together. It seems doubtful that Betz is antagonistic towards Hill. Given Hill’s digging in his heels regarding allegations of groping various women. Indy Republican highly doubts that Hill is going to announce that he is resigning tomorrow. Our best guess is that Betz might be holding the conference to defend Hill and fight back against calls for Hill to resign.

Our prediction was more than born out when on Wednesday IndyStar reporters Tony Cook, Ryan Martin and Kaitlin Lange reported the following:

Indianapolis attorneys Kevin Betz and Sandra Blevins said Wednesday morning that Hill is considering a defamation lawsuit, but has not yet filed one. While noting inconsistencies between a confidential legislative memo and the public accounts of two women, they are targeting whoever is responsible for supplying the incorrect information contained in the memo — as well as whoever leaked the memo's contents to reporters.

In a press conference at his law firm, Betz pushed top lawmakers — whose legislative investigation's findings were contained in the memo — to do three things: 

  • Correct any incorrect information contained in the memo
  • Identify any unnamed individuals who provided the incorrect information
  • Identify who leaked the contents of the memo to the media
"The governor has already tried, convicted and is marching Curtis to the gallows," Betz said in an interview with IndyStar after the news conference.

Earlier today Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette reporter Nikki Kelly brought up questions about whether Hoosiers are paying Hill’s legal costs

Kelly writes:

Republican Attorney General Curtis Hill is fighting for his job and his political career. But who is footing the bill?

State employees have sent out releases via his official account denouncing calls for his resignation, and he held a defiant press conference in his Statehouse digs.

Things are getting more complicated now that Hill has hired both civil and criminal attorneys to handle different facets of the incident.

Indianapolis lawyer Kevin Betz said he has a contract with “the attorney general as an individual as well as with the attorney general in his capacity as an elected official.” When asked if state taxpayers could be on the hook he said, “I'll make sure that doesn't occur.”

Kelly also points out that Curtis Hill is not the only public official that has questionable use of taxpayer resources in the Hill incident:

But Hill isn't the only one using state resources. Holcomb, Bosma and Long have all responded via official channels as well. Bosma and Long were initially approached as employers of the women –who all work for the Indiana General Assembly.

Niki Kelly and others on tweeted the following which sheds some light on a way Curtis Hill could handle his legal defense/public relations battle without using taxpayer dollars:








If the above tweets are accurate as they appear to be. Than former Indiana Republican National Committeeman and Attorney Jim Bopp will be heading the “Fairness for Curtis Hill” group. As to why such a distinguished Indiana GOP Operative and Attorney Jim Bopp would be helping out Curtis Hill is a good question. At this point it should be readily apparent that there is no love lost between Curtis Hill and Governor Eric Holcomb. There is also animosity between many Indiana Republicans against Holcomb for the fact that to put it delicately Eric Holcomb is well Eric Holcomb. Previously we reported that Jim Bopp was involved in a lawsuit against the Holcomb administration. The lawsuit alleges that the Holcomb administration has illegally collected $1 Billion in trucking fees.

And helping out Curtis Hill is just another way to cause trouble for “Mad Little Eric” Holcomb. Indy Republican doesn’t see how this whole Curtis Hill-Eric Holcomb shit show does anything other than damage the Indiana GOP. We hope that justice prevails for the victims of Curtis Hill. We also hope that for their bungling of this very serious matter that Brian Bosma and Eric Holcomb take a very big fall. 

Sunday, April 8, 2018

Hoosier Lawmakers will now have a Sexual Harassment Policy

Sorry to just be writing on this now have been busy with work and personal life. Back on March 22, 2018 Tony Cook penned a column about state lawmakers and some changes in regards to sexual harassment as it applies to the legislators.

Mr. Cook reports:

The overhaul (to the legislative branches sexual harassment laws and policies) comes amid a wave of sexual misconduct allegations against powerful men in Hollywood, sports, media and politics. Allegations against lawmakers in other states have forced some to resign, lose leadership posts or face disciplinary action. 

But until now, lawmakers themselves have not been governed by any specific policy. 

House Enrolled Act 1309 will require lawmakers to establish a sexual harassment policy for themselves by Nov. 20, including how allegations will be investigated. It also requires all 150 lawmakers to complete one hour of sexual harassment training each year.


As you all know Indiana Legislators are no stranger to inappropriate behavior. Who can forget how “Stud Jud” McMillin the for State House Majority Leader was forced to resign because he got hammered and sent out a sex video on his cell phone? Gary Welsh of Advance Indiana fame wrote extensively about old Jud. Rumors were even circulating that the video might be in the running for an adult film award. Or former State Representative Eric Turner who flagrantly used his position to enrich his family’s nursing home businessOr the ownership stake Turner had in a building in Marion, Indiana which was leased by ACS to be a welfare call center? Or the rumors we at IR hear all the time about some Hoosier Lawmakers who preach the sanctity of marriage and yet cheat on their spouses? Eric Turner was Speaker Pro Tempore of the State House. Number Two to House Speaker Brian Bosma. Fellow lawmakers knew of Turner’s problems for years but did nothing until shamed into doing so. Word is Turner may have been using information he had on other lawmakers to get out of trouble. 

INDY REPUBLICAN is hoping that these law changes will crackdown on sexual harassment in the state legislature, but we won’t hold our breath waiting.