Nikki Fried demands investigation of Tom Wright after altercation at domestic violence shelter
Sen. Tom Wright’s hostile actions toward a Volusia County domestic violence shelter that culminated in him aggressively touching a worker there this month merit a “full and transparent investigation,” Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried says.
Fried called reports of the incident and other alleged improprieties by the New Smyrna Beach Republican dating back more than half a decade “damning.”
“There is no excuse for Sen. Wright to lay a hand on anyone, much less a woman working to protect her clients at a shelter for abused women,” she said in a statement Friday. “And the additional reports about his prior attempts to flirt with young clients at that same shelter — involving discussion...
