Posted on 07/23/2011 7:29:47 AM PDT by Second Amendment First
Rep. David Wu has been accused of an “unwanted sexual encounter” with the teenage daughter of a longtime friend, the latest scandal to engulf the troubled Oregon Democrat.
The Oregonian reported that the 56-year-old Wu “acknowledged a sexual encounter to his senior aides but insisted it was consensual,” according to sources aware of the incident.
The unidentified teenage woman and her family did not file any criminal complaint over the incident, which took place sometime around last Thanksgiving.
Calling the episode “very serious,” Wu did not specifically address allegations that he made unwanted sexual advances on a young woman who is the daughter of a donor.
“This is very serious, and I have absolutely no desire to bring unwanted publicity, attention, or stress to a young woman and her family,” Wu said.
The Oregonian reported the woman graduated from high school in 2010 but did provide an age for her. The woman and her family declined to speak to the newspaper.
Wu, who is being treated for an unspecified mental health condition, was is separated from his wife Michelle and the couple is seeking a divorce. They have two children.
The Taiwanese-born Wu is the first Chinese-American in Congress. He was elected to the House in 1998.
This episode is the latest in a long list of troubling incidents for Wu, including a previous allegation of sexual assault lodged against him by a former girlfriend when they were both attending Stanford University in 1976. Wu was not charged with a crime, but he was made to see a counselor and was disciplined by the university.
This incident was reported by the Oregonian shortly before the 2004 elections. Wu admitted to “inexcusable behavior on my part” when confronted about the allegations.
“As a 21-year-old, I hurt someone I cared very much about. I take full responsibility for my actions and I am very sorry,” Wu said in a statement to the Oregonian. “This single event forever changed my life and the person that I have become.”
Shortly before the 2010 elections, Wu began behaving erratically, according to the Oregonian and other news outlets. Wu sent a bizarre picture of himself in a tiger costume to his staffers, and some of them urged him to seek psychiatric help. More than a half dozen staffers and campaign consultants quit as Wu bombarded them with troubled phone calls and e-mails.
“I freely admit that it was an intense campaign, and I was not always at my best with staff or constituents,” Wu said in a statement to Williamette Week, a Portland newspaper, about his behavior. “For all those moments, I wish I’d been better and I apologize.”
These latest allegations against Wu add to the growing list of sex scandals that have rocked Capitol Hill over the last two years.
Former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) recently resigned from Congress following a national firestorm over naked pictures he sent to women he met over the Internet.
Former Rep. Christopher Lee (R-N.Y.) was caught sending a topless online photo and also resigned. Former Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) had an affair with one of his campaign aides, who also happened to be the wife of his deputy chief of staff. Ensign stepped down from office on May 3.
And ex-Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) quickly departed Capitol Hill in March 2010 after POLITICO reported he was under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for allegations of sexual harassment of male staffers. The Ethics Committee recently announced that it will continue looking into whether any Democratic lawmakers or staffers knew about those allegations but failed to take action against Massa.
Time to get all Wu-Wu’d up!!
What a Wu-Wu Whack-job.
Really, read some background on this guy. He is just nuts.
Good job Oregon. You take some of the heat off of us in MA for sending idiots to Congress.
Excuse me - but this guy is a demonic-rat and therefore can not be held accountable to any moral standard - Duh......
“Wu who?”
Have we suck so low as to begin the knock knock jokes?
You owe me a keyboard. That is funny right there I tell you.
gosh, with winners like this in Congress...it’s surprising that the country is so screwed up (extreme sarcasm)
Wu’s on first...
Here is our soon to be ex-congressman campaigning:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-Rnuh_CPcc
Pray for America
Please add Dingy Harry Reid, Nazi Pelosi and Debbie Wasserman-Shitz to you wish list. They are equally reprehensible
Oregon Democrats will be pitching Wu.
LOL!
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