Nurse trying to help Marine becomes 11th Filner accuser

I talked to Filner for the last time a couple of years ago when he was in Orlando. He was Chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee. I told him I was sick and tired of hearing about the problems with PTSD and suicides and wanted to start hearing what works. After all Vietnam veterans and their families have had a lot of success stories. He said they needed to start listening to us, but the problem is, he didn't want to hear any more in reality. They just kept repeating what had not worked. Now comes news of something else he was doing at the time and it is repulsive if this woman is telling the truth.

Nurse trying to help Marine becomes 11th Filner accuser
CBS
Posted: August 6, 2013

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The count of women who have publicly accused Bob Filner of sexual harassment stands at 11 after a nurse seeking help for an injured Marine ensnared in Veterans Administration red tape said the Filner sought a personal relationship with her.

During a news conference Tuesday, August 6, Los Angeles attorney Gloria Allred, said Filner made his advances on licensed vocational nurse Michelle Tyler in the mayor's office on June 11, about a month before he was first accused of sexual harassment by three of his formerly biggest political supporters.

Allred said Tyler had seen Filner when he was a congressman and leader of the House Veterans Affairs Committee because the Marine, Katherine Ragazzino, had not been able to resolve her problems with the VA, and he asked her to return if the issues persisted. Ragazzino said she suffered a traumatic brain injury and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder during her service in Iraq.

Allred said that at the latest meeting, Filner seemed willing to help Tyler, "but at a price," notably a "personal and sexual relationship."
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UPDATE
Two female military veterans accuse San Diego mayor of sexual misconduct
Los Angeles Times
By Tony Perry
Published: August 7, 2013

Two more women -- both military veterans -- say they were the targets of unwanted and unpleasant sexual advances by San Diego Mayor Bob Filner.

Eldonna Fernandez and Gerri Tindley told CNN their encounters with Filner came at a meeting of female military veterans while he was a member of Congress.

Fernandez, a retired Air Force master sergeant, said she met Filner at a "Healing and Hiring Fair" sponsored by the San Diego-based National Women's Veterans Assn. of America.

Tindley, an Army veteran, said she met Filner at the same event, where she gave a speech about sexual assault in the military. The group was organized to provide support for women who have been sexually abused.

The descriptions given to CNN by the two women are consistent with accounts of other women who have accused Filner, as a member of Congress and now mayor, of sexual harassment.
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