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Vegas Waitress Sues Nevada Guv in Alleged Rape Attempt

Says Gibbons, cronies covered up incident

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(Newser) – Just months after a messy—and overly public—divorce, Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons has been slapped with a lawsuit by the Vegas cocktail waitress who claims he assaulted her two years ago and then covered up the police investigation, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. Chrissy Mazzeo says she's been "pretty much blacklisted" by Strip resorts and wants $10,000 in damages.

After a night out with Gibbons and his pals, Mazzeo says Gibbons tried to rape her; he says he grabbed her arm when she slipped. Mazzeo's suit—denounced by one co-defendant as a "publicity stunt"—also names the police department and various Gibbons cronies. Gibbons will comment "when the time is right," a spokesman said.

Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons was sued in federal court Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008 by a woman who claimed he made advances and threatened to rape her just before the 2006 election.
Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons was sued in federal court Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008 by a woman who claimed he made advances and threatened to rape her just before the 2006 election.   (AP Photo/Nevada Appeal, Cathleen Allison)
Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons talks to representatives from the Elko County, Nev., Division of Forestry and US Forest Service last year in Elko, Nev.
Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons talks to representatives from the Elko County, Nev., Division of Forestry and US Forest Service last year in Elko, Nev.   (AP Photo/Elko Daily Free Press, Ross Andreson)
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My reaction (to the lawsuit) was that a delusional plaintiff had found an equally delusional attorney. - Don Campbell, lawyer
named in the lawsuit

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Read Mazzeo's complaint for yourself
Las Vegas Review-Journal

Er, Gibbons apparently doesn't spend a lot of time in the office, either
Las Vegas Sun


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