Fletcher previously spent over $323,000 from his abandoned state Senate campaign on attorneys’ fees in sexual assault case filed by former MTS employee. Now his lawyers are billing the campaign for another $200,000.
Former San Diego County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher, shown in this undated photo, is relying on money from an abandoned state Senate campaign to fund his legal defense in a lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault.
Fletcher terminated his state Senate candidacy days before the lawsuit was filed and later resigned his seat on the Board of Supervisors. But he still had more than $900,000 in his campaign coffers. The campaign, while dormant, has maintained its Fletcher has repeatedly denied the sexual assault allegations made against him. He claims the relationship was consensual and has mounted a vigorous defense, including filing aJim Sutton, Fletcher’s campaign attorney, did not respond to requests for comment. In April, he told KPBS in an email that the expenditures are legal because they are related to Fletcher’s run for office.
"All of it depends on whether the lawsuit is filed against Nathan Fletcher as an individual, or if it's filed against Nathan Fletcher because he's a candidate," Levinson said.
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