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December 2, 2008 3:39:19 AM CST



Vegas Waitress Sues Nevada Guv in Alleged Rape Attempt

Posted Oct 15, 08 10:00 AM CDT in Gossip Crime & Courts Politics 

(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.

Source Las Vegas Review-Journal

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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.   (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
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