@sfchronicle: Dominic Foppoli, a small-town Wine Country mayor with dreams of higher office, faced a potentially career-ruining moment in April 2021 when he learned the Chronicle was preparing to publish claims by four women that he had sexually assaulted them. So he texted Robert Stryk, a friend who specialized in high-stakes political crisis management. Court testimony and previously unreported filings reveal how the two men attempted to cast Foppoli as a victim, smear his accusers and divert attention to a Town Council colleague by threatening to release a sexually explicit video taken without her knowledge. Foppoli has not been charged criminally and has repeatedly denied all the allegations against him, saying that he had only consensual interactions with his accusers and that Stryk operated on his own. Foppoli, who owns a winery in Healdsburg, resigned as the mayor of Windsor in May 2021. In all, 13 women have accused him of sexual assault or sexual misconduct. Read more via the link in our bio. 📸: Jessica Christian/S.F. Chronicle, Dermot Tatlow, Santiago Mejia/S.F. Chronicle #bayarea #sfchronicle #sonomacounty #windsormayor #politics #bayareanews #trump
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Monday 24 August 2026 19:14:19 GMT
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cuxi :
I want to know what wine(s) to boycott
2026-08-25 02:53:42
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benly.688 :
Recall! No place in California for people like him.
2026-08-24 19:24:03
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Elizabeth Styx :
So men conspired to weaponize their power to silence victims again shocking groundbreaking
2026-09-03 03:16:05
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nastyjae0 :
White male behaviors include sexual assault.
2026-08-27 14:43:12
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