DeLeo a no-show as rep raps nondisclosure pacts
DeLeo, who had been in the chamber earlier, was nowhere to be found when DiZoglio spoke — an absence that did not go unnoticed by colleagues.“Mr. Speaker, where are you?” said state Rep. Angelo Scaccia (D-Readville). “Come out. Come out of your office.”
A spokesman declined to say why DeLeo missed the session.
Scaccia claimed DeLeo is the first speaker in his lifetime to use such agreements.
Scaccia said Attorney General Maura Healey should investigate the House procedures — something DeLeo’s office claims is unnecessary.
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_politics/2018/03/deleo_a_no_show_as_rep_raps_nondisclosure_pacts
Boston Herald-7 hours ago
A Methuen state representative
publicly took on the very institution she claims spread false rumors
about her romantic life and silenced her with a nondisclosure agreement
during a dramatic House session yesterday about sexual harassment that
Speaker Robert A. DeLeo skipped. “It's my duty to come ...
Rep. Diana DiZoglio blasts 'silencing tactics' as House updates ...
MassLive.com-14 hours ago
MassLive.com-14 hours ago
Mass. State Rep. Says She Endured Sexual Harassment As Aide, And Was Silenced (WITNESS INTIMIDATION? -ed)
By Steve Brown
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44 minutes ago
State Rep. Diana DiZoglio of Methuen said she faced harassment seven
years ago as a legislative aide. She was fired and a severance agreement
she signed has prohibited her from talking about the allegations. In
her speech, she said she decided to break her non-disclosure agreement
to bring attention to the issue.
"I don't break this NDA to attack or accuse anyone, I'm not asking for more money or threatening a lawsuit. And I will even give the severance money back if I am asked. I just want this awful practice to stop," she said.
"I don't break this NDA to attack or accuse anyone, I'm not asking for more money or threatening a lawsuit. And I will even give the severance money back if I am asked. I just want this awful practice to stop," she said.
