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State Rep. Murri Briel accused of sex harassment, misusing drugs · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: State Representative Murray Briell accused of sex harassment, misusing drugs.
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  Speaker 1: Written by Tom Collins, This article is being read by
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  Speaker 1: Republican challenging State Representative Murray Briell di'attawa has accused Brille
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  Speaker 1: of sexual harassment and misusing regulated drugs. In a Thursday
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  Speaker 1: news release, the Campaign for Liz Bishop released a video
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  Speaker 1: interview with Laura Jackson, Briell's former chief of staff. In
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  Speaker 1: the recording, Jackson accused Brill of repeated sexual advances, workplace
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  Speaker 1: drug use, and harassment and retaliation. Liz Bishop can't run
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  Speaker 1: on her blind loyalty to prove an abuser Donald Trump,
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  Speaker 1: so her campaign is recycling malicious claims previously proven to
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  Speaker 1: be false, Brielle said in a statement issued late Friday.
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  Speaker 1: The statements in the video produced by her MAGA Political Operatas,
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  Speaker 1: were previously taken to the Legendative Inspector General in twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty five and were found to be without merit. I
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  Speaker 1: am calling for the immediate release of the Legislative Inspector
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  Speaker 1: General's report on this matter. Shaw Local asked Bishop's campaign
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  Speaker 1: for but was denied some supporting documentation, including a copy
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  Speaker 1: of the sexual harassment complaint Jackson provided to the Illinois
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  Speaker 1: Department GOFF Human Rights. Eventually, however, the Bishop campaign did
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  Speaker 1: disclose a chronology showing that Jackson met Briell in July
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty four and soon became a campaign volunteer. A
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  Speaker 1: month later, Jackson was retained in a full time campaign role.
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  Speaker 1: In September, Jackson alleged that Briell discussed aspects of Brill's
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  Speaker 1: personal relationships and sexuality with me in an unprofessional context.
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  Speaker 1: Although Jackson alleged that troubling behavior by Briell continued, she
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  Speaker 1: was offered a paid position in Brielle's staff and accepted,
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  Speaker 1: though her title, duties, and compensation remains unsettled and disputed.
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  Speaker 1: The professional relationship ended April thirteen, twenty twenty five, when
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  Speaker 1: Jackson initiated formal reporting of her conduct. Jackson spelled out
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  Speaker 1: specific acts of sexual harassment in her statement. She also
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  Speaker 1: alleges that Brielle provided her with an unlimited supply of
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  Speaker 1: unprescribed adderall starting in August twenty twenty four and continuing
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  Speaker 1: through election day. Jackson says Brielle gave her the drug
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  Speaker 1: to keep her working as hard as possible during the campaign,
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  Speaker 1: then abruptly cut her off after the election was over,
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  Speaker 1: causing Miss Jackson to suffer withdrawal symptoms without medical help.
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  Speaker 1: According to the Bishop campaign's release, The video interview also
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  Speaker 1: includes Jackson's account of alleged marijuana use connected to Brill's
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  Speaker 1: government office and legislative duties. Jackson claims Brill used marijuana
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  Speaker 1: in taxpayer offices, and while working during legislative session in Springfield,
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  Speaker 1: traveled to Michigan to purchase marijuana at lower tax rates
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  Speaker 1: and gab staff marijuana as a bonus. Jackson has said
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  Speaker 1: that she filed formal complaints with the Illinois Department of
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  Speaker 1: Human Rights and the Office of the Legislative Inspector General.
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  Speaker 1: These allegations now present Speaker Chris Welch with another test
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  Speaker 1: in the case of ex state state Representative Harry Benton,
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  Speaker 1: allegations of sexual misconduct lingered for three years before decisive
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  Speaker 1: action was taken, while Welch's political operation still contributed one
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  Speaker 1: point four million dollars to Benton's reelection campaign.