Republicans Covering Up Sexual Misconduct Scandals

Allegedly "isolated and intimidated" an underage girl who told him one of his employees sexually abused her at his church and in Rivera's own home into keeping quiet in order to protect himself and the church he led instead of doing the right thing and reporting her perpetrator to the authorities

Secretly paid a female employee an undisclosed amount of money in order to keep her from going public with accusations that a male employee sexually assaulted her and that the company brushed her allegations aside by shockingly arguing the man shouldn't be held accountable because he was drunk

Allegedly raped a 30-year-old woman in her hotel room after a night of heavy drinking and then paid her an undisclosed amount of money in order to keep her from going public with her accusations

Hired a man she allegedly knew had sexually abused at least ten underage "Ring Boys" who did odd jobs at WWE wrestling events on the condition that he stop abusing young boys which he unsurprisingly did not

Paid an underage sex abuse victim who was less than 12-years-old at the time of her assault an undisclosed amount of money to settle a lawsuit she brought against the church that accused its top leaders of covering up her assault in order to protect her abuser from facing consequences for his actions

Covered up the sexual coercion of a female staff member at Trump Bedminster by manipulating her into signing an unfavorable NDA for a "paltry sum" with huge financial penalties if she violated the terms

Was found liable to pay writer E. Jean Carroll $5 million in damages for defamation and battery for "sexual abuse" at the Bergdorf Goodman department store in New York City in 1996

Unmasked the identity of a 19-year-old victim who accused him of rape by including her name in a formal response to an ethics investigation against him

Personally fired two Washington Commanders cheerleaders after they accused an NFL player of sexual misconduct and falsely blamed the incident on the victims instead of the player responsible

Kept secret credible sexual assault allegations against the Republican Secretary of State for over a month ostensibly to protect him

Convinced a Mormon bishop to keep allegations of child sexual abuse by a member of his church against his daughters secret under false pretenses that he could be sued if he did even though state law in Arizona -- where the alleged abuse took place -- specifically protects people who report child abuse, which allowed the abuse to continue for a number of years

Sexually assaulted his 21-year-old legislative staffer more than 50 times over a three-year period subjecting her to what she testified as "nearly daily touching" including groping between her legs while seated next to her at large political functions and then secretly settled a lawsuit she filed against him in order to prevent her allegations from becoming public while being married the entire time

Failed to act on multiple sexual harassment complaints his female staff filed against his senior aide Kenny West and even continued paying West's salary for two months after he resigned

Ignored repeated accusations of sexual molestation by a team physician for a college wrestling team he coached and even told one student athlete that he wanted "nothing to do with this" after they told him about the alleged abuse

Threw his date on his nanny's bed, ripped her pants off and digitally penetrated her anus and vagina and pinned her arms behind her head while he shoved his penis in her face before she was able to break free from his grip and get him off of her and then secretly paid her $200,000 and required her to sign a nondisclosure agreement in order to keep her from going to the police

Secretly paid Playboy model Shera Bechard $1.6 million to keep their extramarital affair and details of his alleged abuse and manipulation secret with the help of former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen

Pinned down and raped a political consultant in her bed after she made it unambiguously clear to him that she was not interested in being intimate that evening and then smeared her by publicly outing her on social media

Settled a sexual harassment lawsuit with a confidentiality agreement for $84,000 using a secret taxpayer funded account which kept it from the public for years

Knew that GOP candidate Wes Goodman unzipped and fondled an 18-year-olds crotch in a hotel room without his consent and could have intervened after the boys stepfather wrote to him about the incident, but concealed the abuse because the lawmaker was in a tight state congressional campaign that he went on to win

Coerced Fox News legal analyst Lis Wiehl into a "non-consensual sexual relationship" while also being married himself and later secretly agreed to pay her $32 million to resolve a sexual harassment lawsuit she brought against him

Secretly paid $44,500 in taxpayer money to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by his former assistant that he fired after she complained about his behavior

Illegally structured hush money payments of $1.7 million to elude federal bank reporting requirements in order to hide the fact he was paying the victim of his past sex crimes and then lied to Federal investigators about it