The California Assembly has voted to advance a bill to protect sexual assault survivors from retaliatory lawsuits.
Lopez was among 150 women who signed a letter in 2017 condemning a culture of “pervasive” misconduct and sexism in California politics where men forcefully groped women, made inappropriate comments about their bodies and undermined their expertise. The #MeToo movement spurred a slew of resignations by state lawmakers in California and in dozens of other states.
“It is just as imperative that we protect them from revenge lawsuits," the Democrat representing Colusa County said.In Illinois, a state lawmaker introduced a bill this year in an attempt to keep people accused of sexual assault or harassment from retaliating against accusers through litigation, but the legislation hasn’t received a hearing.
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