At least two female staffers have made allegations that they were sexually assaulted by the husband of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, The New York Times reported Thursday, citing people familiar with the situation and a police report.
Chavez-DeRemer’s husband, Dr. Shawn DeRemer, has not been criminally charged, but has been barred from the Labor Department’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., after the women detailed their claims to investigators, the Times reported.
The women said Dr. DeRemer, who is an anesthesiologist in Portland, Oregon, “had touched them inappropriately at the Labor Department’s building on Constitution Avenue,” according to the newspaper.
“One of the incidents, during working hours on the morning of Dec. 18, was recorded on office security cameras,” the Times reported, citing people familiar with the case.
“The video showed Dr. DeRemer giving one of the women an extended embrace, and was reviewed as part of a criminal investigation, one of the people said.”
