Seat Pleasant, Md. Mayor Eugene W. Grant was suspended from his duties on July 20 by the City Council of the small suburban Maryland city, which borders D.C., after a male former employee accused him of sexual harassment.
According to reports by the Washington Post and NBC Washington, the former employee, JoVon Pender, alleges that Grant arranged for him to be fired from his job after he refused Grant’s sexual advances.
An online publication called Xpose Seat Pleasant says it obtained a letter that Pender sent to the City Council alleging that Grant’s sexual advances toward Pender included groping, unwanted kissing, fondling, and receiving lewd text and Facebook messages.