Disgraced former San Diego Mayor Bob Filner spent a little less than two hours in a county jail Saturday morning before being released.
A day earlier than the press expected, Filner went to the San Diego County Jail around 7a.m. and was released before nine without a camera or reporter in sight. (Via KSNV)
Filner resigned from his position as San Diego mayor in August after 18 different women came forward accusing Filner of some sort of sexual harassment. (Via CBS)
“He placed his hand on my exterior”
"When I was outside going he hugged and kissed me and I was appalled." (Via CNN)
Tuesday, Filner pleaded guilty to false imprisonment for putting a women in a headlock and two counts of battery for kissing a woman against her will and grabbing another women’s butt.
In a plea deal with the state’s attorney general Filner won’t get any jail time but has agreed to three months of house arrest, three years of probation, he is prohibited from ever holding public office again and Filner has forfeited his pension benefits as Mayor, though he will keep the benefits from his time as a Congressman.
"To all the women I offended I had no intention to be offensive." (Via CBS)
Filner was the first Democratic Mayor in San Diego in more than two decades, and according to a writer for CNN this scandal could keep his party out of the mayoral office for quite a while longer.
"… the loudest voices clamoring for Filner to leave have belonged to his fellow Democrats. … They know what's at stake. Filner could drag his party down with him, and send the county back into the Republican column for another generation." (Via CNN)
The city will hold a special election on November 19th to elect the a new mayor of San Diego.
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