Denise Rotheimer gives testimony accusing Sen. Ira Silverstein (D-Chicago) of sexual harrassment as House Majority Leader Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie (D-Hyde Park) and House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) look on.
Denise Rotheimer gives testimony accusing Sen. Ira Silverstein (D-Chicago) of sexual harrassment as House Majority Leader Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie (D-Hyde Park) and House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) look on.
Denise Rotheimer of Lake County publicly accused Majority Caucus Whip Sen. Ira I. Silverstein (D–Chicago) of sexually harassing her.
“I want these Facebook messages to be presented, I want the phone calls and all the communication between Silverstein and me to be exposed because I want him to answer for it,” Rotheimer said this morning at a Senate House and Personnel Committee hearing on sexual harassment. “It is wrong and unconscionable and I do not tolerate it and that is why I am here today.”
Rotheimer, founder of Mothers On a Mission to Stop Violence who worked on several bills advocating for victims of sexual assault after her 11-year-old daughter was raped, spoke personally about the alleged abuse to House Speaker Michael Madigan and the committee.
Majority Caucus Whip Sen. Ira I. Silverstein (D–Chicago).
Rotheimer said the harassment began in 2015 after she attempted to introduce a third bill sponsored by Sen. Pamela Althoff (R-McHenry). After giving testimony on the bill, Silverstein contacted her.
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