A photograph showing one of Mayor Eric Garcetti’s closest advisors making a sexually provocative gesture, while the mayor stands nearby, raises new questions about Garcetti’s contention that he had no knowledge of inappropriate behavior by former Deputy Chief of Staff Rick Jacobs. Garcetti said in statement emailed to The Times that he had not known about the 2017 incident captured in the photo. Since the allegations against Jacobs first arose during the summer, Garcetti has said he never witnessed the sexual harassment described by the LAPD officer and others. “Neither my office nor the Personnel Department has ever received a sexual harassment complaint involving Mr. Jacobs. In his email to The Times, Jacobs said: “What I can say is that I have never intentionally hurt anyone.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 21, 2020 02:37 UTC