Florida Politics reports:
A formal sexual harassment complaint against Rep. Fabián Basabe has now been filed with the House. Two male staffers, Nicolas Frevola and Jacob Cutbirth, detailed many of the accusations already described in a lawsuit filed against Basabe in Leon County. Those include accusations the Miami Beach Republican told both men he wanted to have anal sex with them, and expressed he wanted to be a “bottom” while they could be “tops.”
In the new complaint Cutbirth said on Dec. 15, he drove Basabe to a hotel after an event, and the lawmaker groped and tried to kiss the intern. The complaint says the same evening, Basabe “attempted to entice Cutbirth to come up to his hotel room with him to have sex.” Cutbirth refused. The complaint also said Basabe encouraged Cutbirth to break up with his fiancée, now his wife, to explore sex with men.
Read the full article. There’s much more.
My first report on the separate sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the two staffers is here.
Basabe first appeared here in May 2023 when he was heckled at Miami Beach Pride for voting for the “Don’t Say Gay” bill despite campaigning as an openly gay man and supporter of LGBTQ rights.
According to the Miami New Times, Basabe has in fact been married to a clothing heiress since 2005. Fashioning himself of a nightlife high roller, also in 2005 he appeared in the short-lived reality series Filthy Rich: Cattle Drive alongside Kourtney Kardashian.
That same year the New York Post reported that he was ejected from a Hamptons nightclub after allegedly hurling the N-word at black bouncers. The “controversies” section of his Wikipedia entry is really something and includes multiple arrests on a range of charges.
Sexual harassment complaint against @FabianBasabeFL filed in House
Reporting by @JacobOgleshttps://t.co/pE7JiKlQEz#FlaPol
— Florida Politics (@Fla_Pol) July 11, 2023
“You’re the George Santos of Florida! RESIGN!”: protestors confront anti-LGBTQ+, anti-woman and pro-gun GOP State Rep. @fabianbasabe2, an accused criminal who ran for office as a straight moderate Republican married to a woman while declaring “I am a gay candidate” #BecauseMiami pic.twitter.com/gB4MpCiHZ7
— Because Miami (@BecauseMiami) April 14, 2023
Fabian Basabe is currently at Club Deuce drinking his shame and hitting on men in the bathroom (yes, this is direct info from a gay man here to celebrate Miami Beach Pride).
Republican Fabian has helped expand Don’t Say Gay & pass a near-total abortion ban, among other hits. pic.twitter.com/0OgT1YfGeI
— Blue For The Win
(@BlueForTheWin1) April 16, 2023
Fabian Basabe campaigned on being gay to gay voters, and now denies doing so. Here he is kissing his bf (also has a wife) at “Cocktails with Fabian Basabe.” He’ll probably scramble to get it taken down soon but here is the link on Getty Images: https://t.co/NtGoC70Ooj
— Stop the Bully (@DistrictMia) April 17, 2023