Rep. Devin Nunes linked to Napa winery that allegedly held prostitutes-and-cocaine cruise

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A new report links California Republican Congressman Devin Nunes to a lawsuit concerning a Napa Winery’s San Francisco Bay cruise that allegedly featured prostitutes and cocaine. The link was made by a California newspaper Nunes recently described in extremely unflattering terms.

Alene Anase, a former tasting-room attendant at Alpha Omega Winery in St. Helena, claimed in her 2016 lawsuit that she and a female co-worker were assigned in 2015 to work on Alpha Omega’s 62-foot yacht with 25 people who had won the Bay cruise in a charity fundraiser. Those people, whom Anase believed to be “important investors” in the winery, were men, according to the suit. Alpha Omega has said the men were not connected to the winery or its owners.

Nunes is an investor in the winery but there’s nothing to suggest he was aboard the yacht on the night in question.

The boat picked up passengers at Pier 41 in San Francisco, and Anase subsequently noticed that “the men had brought prostitutes, hard liquor, and what appeared to be cocaine onto the yacht,” the suit said.

Anase was “extremely disturbed by the presence of the prostitutes, especially because it appeared that some of the girls were too young to consent to sexual activity,” according to the suit.

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The men allegedly drew straws to sort out who would claim which prostitutes “and thereafter took the prostitutes to the bedrooms on the lower deck of the yacht to engage in sexual activities.”

Anase claimed in the suit that she could hear sexual activities in bedrooms when she went below to gather supplies.

“The prostitutes also moved around the yacht topless between servicing the (men),” the suit alleged, adding that Anase witnessed the men engaging in sexual activity with the half-naked women.

“At the end of the cruise, the (men) lined the prostitutes up on the deck of the Yacht, reviewed out loud and in detail the sexual services performed and paid them in front of (Anase).”

As the boat traveled the waters of the Bay, men on board “consumed large quantities of alcohol and a white substance (Anase) understood to be cocaine,” the suit claimed. One of the men allegedly suggested to Anase that she provide sexual services to the men, according to the suit.

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Cartoons: Donald Trump, Devin Nunes and Russia probe She and her co-worker made multiple phone calls to the winery, seeking help to “escape the hostile work environment,” the suit alleged. When they reached Alpha Omega’s marketing director, they were told to “lie low” and do as little as possible in order to avoid harassment, according to the suit.

“Although (Anase) and her co~worker attempted to interact with the (men) as little as possible, (she) remained in constant fear that she would be sexually assaulted or otherwise aggressively approached by the (men) if she did not provide wine when requested,” the suit claimed.

Anase and the winery settled in 2016 for an undisclosed amount, The Fresno Bee reported.

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On Wednesday, the lawsuit and winery were linked to Rep. Nunes in a report by The Fresno Bee, which Nunes in February had described as a “joke” and a “left-wing rag.”

The Central California representative, who has invested $50,000 to $100,000 in Alpha Omega, is a limited partner in the winery, the Bee reported, citing his financial disclosures. None of the investors in the winery have ever been involved in its operations, Alpha Omega told the Bee. The winery also said none of the passengers on the yacht on the night at the center of the lawsuit had any connection to Alpha Omega or its owners.

Nunes’ office did not respond to the Bee’s requests for comment, according to the newspaper.

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