Florida Democratic Leader Accused of Sexually Harassing Man
The Florida lawmaker leading state House Democrats into the midterms now faces allegations of groping and sexually harassing a man who previously worked at Florida A&M University.The former FAMU athletic official, Michael Johnson Jr., filed complaints in February with the Florida Commission on Human Relations alleging Florida Rep.
Ramon Alexander sent explicit photos and videos of himself, The Tallahassee Democrat reports.Johnson was fired from the university in January.
Alexander represents Tallahassee, Florida’s capital city and home to FAMU.According to Johnson, Alexander threatened his job over the treatment of Alexander’s brother-in-law, track coach Skye Dawson.
While Alexander does not work at FAMU and Johnson has never worked for him, Johnson said Alexander threatened to use political relationships to have him terminated.A written complaint filed by Johnson states he was “exposed to sexually offensive videos by someone affiliated with the defendant university, subjecting him to sexual harassment in the workplace.” Johnson told the Democrat that someone was Alexander.The state representative provided the newspaper with a statement confirming an adult consensual relationship with Johnson and publicly apologizing to his family.“I am willing to acknowledge that I had a consensual, adult relationship with Mr.
