Maria Chappelle-Nadal Accuses 3 Lawmakers of Sex Harassment in New Video

While a storm of scandal has enveloped Jefferson City over Governor Eric Greitens' felony charge and alleged abuses of campaign finance laws, it would easy to forget that the state legislature has spent recent years wrestling with sexual harassment in its ranks. And the alleged victims didn't just include interns.

In January 2017, Missouri senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal (D-University City) publicized her own allegations against Representative Josh Peters (D-St. Louis), whom she accused of touching her without her consent and repeatedly calling her a bitch within earshot of other lawmakers.

In a eighteen-minute short film released yesterday — a film produced with funds from her campaign committee — Chappelle-Nadal reflected candidly about her experience with harassment as a lawmaker.

She claims in the film that, before Peters, two other lawmakers had harassed her as a freshman senator. In the first instance, she said former Democratic Representative Ed Wildberger (D-St. Joseph) touched her butt.

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