Montclair City Councilmember Ben Lopez insists that someone else was responsible for the sexual harassment of two city employees , disputing a San Bernardino Superior Court judge’s findings otherwise.

On the stand Friday, Dec. 12, in a Rancho Cucamonga courtroom, Lopez said an “unauthorized Grindr account” was created in his name without his knowledge, and his bank account was used to make a “fraudulent charge for an OnlyFans account,” referring to an LGTBQ dating app and a subscription video sharing app popular with adult-film actors.

But Superior Court Judge Kory Mathewson appeared unconvinced, imposing an additional $176,000 in punitive damages on top of the $1.35 million Lopez in compensatory damages was ordered to pay a week before .

The $176,000 is essentially all of the mone

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