Former Bush administration official charged in sexual assault

[Tony_FLADEM]

A former George W. Bush administration official and lobbyist has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman he met at a Bailey’s Crossroads clothing store, according to Fairfax County police and public records.

Sloan Wilson Rappoport, 44, of Arlington, was arrested Tuesday after meeting with authorities. The adviser to then-Secretary of Commerce Donald L. Evans approached a 28-year-old woman and struck up a friendly conversation with her in Spanish at a Ross in the 5800 block of Crossroads Center Way on Jan. 31, police said.

As the woman was leaving the store, Rappoport pulled up next to her in his silver-colored Mercedes-Benz and asked her to get in, police said. Rappoport then locked the doors, drove to a nearby location and sexually assaulted her, police said. The victim escaped and fled.

Rappoport has been charged with abduction, sexual battery and obscene display. Police said a series of tips led them to the arrest.

“This seems to be a major misunderstanding,” said Rodney G. Leffler, Rappoport’s attorney.

Leffler declined to elaborate.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/former-bush-administration-official-charged-in-sex-assault/2014/03/19/9c973c2e-af72-11e3-a49e-76adc9210f19_story.html?tid=sm_fb

[FSogol]

1. Gee, the GOP Latina outreach program seems to hit some bumps.

Hope they throw the book at that scum.

[47of74]

2. More GOP family values on display.

[mythology]

3. I hope the dumbass gets to spend a prolonged stretch in a cell if guilty

But what sort of idiot goes to commit a crime like this in public, in his own car (especially a relatively flashy model like a Mercedes-Benz)?

[tblue37]

4. Maybe someone used to never having to suffer any consequences for bad behavior? nt

[Rex]

5. +1

They call it affluenza! There are laws for the little people and then there are laws for those that suffer from affluenza!