Great-Grandmother Employed By City To Accuse Filner Of Sexual Harassment

San Diego Mayor Bob Filner speaks during a news conference at city hall Friday, July 26, 2013, in San Diego. Filner said Friday he will undergo therapy after less than a year in office amid allegations that he sexual... San Diego Mayor Bob Filner speaks during a news conference at city hall Friday, July 26, 2013, in San Diego. Filner said Friday he will undergo therapy after less than a year in office amid allegations that he sexually harassed women. MORE LESS
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A great-grandmother employed by the city will come forward and accuse San Diego Mayor Bob Filner (D) of sexual harassment in a news conference with attorney Gloria Allred on Thursday, KGTV reported.

A news release said the woman was the “victim of continuous inappropriate sexual advances by the Mayor while trying to do her job at City Hall,” according to KGTV.

The release also stated that the woman would give a news conference at 1:00 p.m. PST in San Diego alongside Allred, who was representing the senior citizen and several other accusers.

An attorney became the fifteenth woman to came forward Thursday morning to accuse Filner of making an “inappropriate movement” on her body. The city employee would then be the sixteenth woman to level allegations of sexual harassment against the mayor.

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