Mahoney Media Consultants Jump Ship Over “Secret Legal Settlement”The media consultant team working with Rep. Tim Mahoney on his re-election bid, has severed its relationship with the junior congressman, after allegations surfaced this morning that he agreed to pay $121,000 to a former Congressional staffer and mistress after she threatened to sue him.
In a strongly-worded press statement released this evening, Fletcher Rowley Chao Riddle Inc. (FRCR) CEO Bill Fletcher terminated his firms relationship with Mahoney’s campaign.
“As of today, FRCR, Inc. has resigned from Tim Mahoney’s campaign and permanently ended our relationship with him,” the statement reads. “According to ABC News, Tim Mahoney apparently included our company in a secret legal settlement without the knowledge of our firm. . . If these allegations are true, Tim Mahoney’s actions are unacceptable and not in line with FRCR’s business ethics.”
The “secret legal settlement” Fletcher refers to, is the promise of a new job for Mahoney’s former congressional staffer: a 2-year position at FRCR. Fletcher denied to ABCNews and in the statement today ever agreeing to such a deal.
Shortly after ABCNews.com’s article, Mahoney issued a statement calling for an ethics investigation of the matter.
