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A former staffer for Herschel Walker's failed Senate campaign has filed suit against Matt Schlapp, the chairman of the American Conservative Union, alleging the Republican strategist assaulted him and that he and his wife, Mercedes Schlapp, defamed him by denying his story.
The suit, filed in a Virginia circuit court, seeks $9.4 million in damages and claims battery, defamation and conspiracy.
Schlapp has responded via a statement from his attorney, which he shared on Twitter. "The complaint is false, and the Schlapp family is suffering unbearable pain and stress due to the false allegation from an anonymous individual," it reads. "No family should ever go through this, and the Schlapps and their legal team are assessing counter-suit options."
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The staffer's suit comes weeks after he told The Daily Beast that he was the victim of "sustained and unwanted and unsolicited" sexual contact by Schlapp in October. Schlapp denied those claims, prompting the staffer to take legal action.
According to the suit, which is filed anonymously by the staffer as "John Doe," the incident allegedly took place when Schlapp was in Atlanta and the staffer was tasked with serving as his driver. He says that after Schlapp invited the staffer for drinks, the staffer accepted, hoping they could discuss his political future. But once at a bar,...
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