Two Citadel undergraduates recently made complaints of sexual abuse against a former classmate.
Identified as Steve Munoz by Buzzfeed, the accused 2011 graduate has also been a paid staff member of Rick Santorum’s presidential campaign, and was also paid twice this year by the Romney campaign.
The incidents were filed with the Citadel’s Dept. of Public Safety, which then turned the complaint over to state law enforcement on Friday.
In South Carolina’s Republican presidential primary of January, Munoz was listed to be Santorum’s “deep connection to the Citadel(.)” The Santorum site still lists Munoz as a campaign assistant during the Iowa presidential primary election, and Munoz also maintained a fundraising website, titled “Steve4Rick,” for the Santorum campaign.
Identified as Steve Munoz by Buzzfeed, the accused 2011 graduate has also been a paid staff member of Rick Santorum’s presidential campaign, and was also paid twice this year by the Romney campaign.
The incidents were filed with the Citadel’s Dept. of Public Safety, which then turned the complaint over to state law enforcement on Friday.
In South Carolina’s Republican presidential primary of January, Munoz was listed to be Santorum’s “deep connection to the Citadel(.)” The Santorum site still lists Munoz as a campaign assistant during the Iowa presidential primary election, and Munoz also maintained a fundraising website, titled “Steve4Rick,” for the Santorum campaign.
Munoz was also credited with earning Santorum the endorsement of South Carolina’s former U.S. Congressman Gresham Barrett.
Romney’s campaign acknowledges that he “did a few ad hoc projects for us on a per diem basis,” but told Buzzfeed that Munoz was “never an employee of the campaign.”
Santorum’s campaign staff declined comment.
Romney’s campaign acknowledges that he “did a few ad hoc projects for us on a per diem basis,” but told Buzzfeed that Munoz was “never an employee of the campaign.”
Santorum’s campaign staff declined comment.
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The first complainant alleges that incidents occurred in early 2010, when the then-cadet Munoz made multiple attempts to touch him in the groin. According to the report obtained by local CBS affiliate WCSC, Munoz told the complainant “it was more okay for guys to be with guys sexually before marriage than to be with girls and that God would be less angry at the two guys messing around than a guy and a girl.”
The second complaint describes three incidents over four consecutive days in February 2011 while attending the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington DC. The intensity of the assaults progressively increased, the complainant says, with the last one resulting with Munoz being thrown to the floor after physically approaching the complaint while he slept.
The Citadel provided statements to students and to faculty and staff on Friday, reminding all of its compliance with relevant laws, as well as recommended methods that students can use to protect themselves from such circumstances.
The second complaint describes three incidents over four consecutive days in February 2011 while attending the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington DC. The intensity of the assaults progressively increased, the complainant says, with the last one resulting with Munoz being thrown to the floor after physically approaching the complaint while he slept.
The Citadel provided statements to students and to faculty and staff on Friday, reminding all of its compliance with relevant laws, as well as recommended methods that students can use to protect themselves from such circumstances.
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