The incident allegedly took place on June 11 in the mayor’s office. 11th accuser against Filner

The 11th woman to accuse San Diego Mayor Bob Filner of sexual harassment — and the second to be represented by celebrity attorney Gloria Allred — came forward at a news conference Tuesday.

Michelle Tyler, a nurse, alleged that Filner asked her to engage in a personal and sexual relationship in exchange for his help in the case of U.S. Marine Katherine Ragazzino, who was wounded in Iraq.


“He made it very clear that his expectation was that his help for Katherine depended on my willingness to go to dinner with him, spend personal time with him and be seen in public with him,” Tyler said at the news conference.

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Ragazzino experienced a traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder while serving and has since struggled to resolve a problem with Veterans Affairs. Tyler is her caretaker.

The incident allegedly took place on June 11 in the mayor’s office, two years after Tyler first discussed Ragazzino’s care with Filner. After asking for others to leave the room, Allred said, Filner asked to spend time with Tyler, expressed interest in kissing her, and asked whether she was married and if he could call her.

“I do not appreciate being used as a bargaining chip to fulfill his sexual desires,” Ragazzino said.

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“To use his power as the mayor of the city of San Diego to satisfy his sexual needs is clearly improper and should not be tolerated,” Allred said. “I think it’s time for the city to post a warning sign outside of the mayor’s office, warning women to proceed at their own risk. They should be told that the mayor is in his office and danger may lie ahead.”

Tyler will not be filing a lawsuit against Filner at this time. However, Allred sent a letter to San Diego City Attorney Jan Goldsmith Tuesday, asking him to open an investigation into the incident.

Allred’s client Irene McCormack Jackson, Filner’s former communications director, is the only woman to file a sexual harassment lawsuit against the mayor thus far. But a slew of other women have come forward to accuse him of harassment, and many other figures in San Diego politics have called on him to resign.

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Filner has refused, saying that although he “failed to fully respect the women who work for me and with me,” he does not believe he is guilty of sexual harassment. Instead, Filner announced that he would spend two weeks in intensive therapy starting Monday.

Allred said that she has been contacted by more women, but declined to say whether they would come forward publicly.