Florida lawmaker to stand trial on sexual harassment claims. He's representing himself
Florida Rep. Fabian Basabe is set to stand trial next week in a civil case accusing him of sexual harassment, battery and defamation.
It won’t be your typical trial.
A sitting elected official going to trial is unusual enough. Throw in the fact that Basabe, a Miami Beach Republican, will be representing himself without an attorney, and the scene in Leon County Circuit Court in Tallahassee promises to be unique.
The 2023 lawsuit accuses Basabe of making repeated lewd sexual comments and advances toward a legislative aide and an intern, slapping the aide’s butt without his consent while they attended an elementary school career day in December 2022, and groping and trying to kiss a Florida State University graduate student in a car before hiring him as an intern that same month.
The former legislative aide also claims that Basabe slapped him across the face and told him to stand in a corner at a private event in 2023.
https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida/2026/07/12/florida-state-rep-fabian-basabe-sexual-harassment-trial/
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