May 15, 2024 • 27 mins
Jon Jacobo was a rising star in the progressive wing of San Francisco politics when a colleague publicly accused him of rape in 2021. At that time, he largely escaped scrutiny from members of his own party.
But as Josh Koehn of the San Francisco Standard reported in mid-April, three more women have publicly accused Jacobo of sexual abuse and domestic violence. And they say that leaders treated their allegations with indifference.
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Women accused a rising SF political star of rape and abuse—and met a wall of silence
San Francisco created an agency to fight sexual crimes. It’s never met with police
San Francisco Democrats are having a #MeToo moment as women share stories of rape, abuse
This episode was produced by Maria Esquinca, Ellie Prickett-Morgan and Alan Montecillo, and hosted by Ericka Cruz Guevarra.
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