In point of fact, Michael Brodkorb isn't precisely trying to get paid for having sex. He's trying to extort money for getting fired for having sex, on the pretext that he was treated differently than other staffers who had inappropriate sexual relationships, on the basis of gender. In that direction, he has now filed the necessary paperwork required for a law suit.
The reality is that any comparison between Michael Brodkorb is superficial. No other staffer was even remotely like him, and while nominally subordinate, he was a power player in the Republican caucus out of all proportion to his nominal title and duties. It was in the course of fulfilling those duties that he over-reached, and went too far, in addition to the adultery in which he engaged.
Michael Brodkorb was a sleazy, bullying, and not particularly honest jerk on his blog, behavior which got him sued back in 2006. Michael Brodkorb was a sleazy, bullying husband, and that caused his wife and kids to call the cops on him for verbal abuse and violent domestic behavior that broke a door frame in 2011. And now Michael Brodkorb is playing his same one trick pony act on his former buddies in the Republican party. I hope they have the balls to stand up to him; I hope they have the sense not to spend taxpayer money on their error in judgment in ever associating with Brodkorb. Brodkorb has shown his true colors; he believes he will bounce back from his disgrace. He might be right, but anyone who joins him in that happening should remember Brodkorb is long on nasty, but very short on loyalty. That is a dangerous and ugly combination. Anyone who gives his hand to Brodkorb gets what they deserve.
I almost feel pity for Amy Koch; I DO feel pity for Brodkorb's wife and kids. Hopefully for them, they'll learn the same lessons as his partner in adultery and his partners in politics, and dump him - permanently.
The City Pages covered the news here:
Minnesota Politics
Michael Brodkorb files paperwork to begin lawsuit against Minnesota Senate
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| Michael Brodkorb took the first step toward filing a federal discrimination lawsuit |
Walsh said the Senate has been "unwilling" to move the process along so they've filed a request with the EEOC for a "right-to-sue" notice, a necessary first step to formally filing a federal gender discrimination lawsuit.
"Our goal is to have the Senate agree to mediation," Walsh said.
That, Walsh said, is nothing new. Brodkorb's goal has always been to "get quietly to the table."
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| Cal Ludeman fired Michael Brodkorb, then he accused him of extorting the Minnesota Senate |
Brodkorb claims his termination amounts to gender discrimination and has said he will depose female staffers who have had affairs with male legislators to prove his claim.
Secretary of the Senate Ludeman personally fired Brodkorb last December at the Moose Country restaurant in Lilydale.
A Republican senator spoke to City Pages earlier this week and said Brodkorb wasn't fired for having an affair with Amy Koch.
According to that senator, Brodkorb had been protected by Koch from being punished for "abusive" behavior around the statehouse even though "numerous" senators complained about the former Senate Republican caucus communications director.
Brodkorb has denied those claims.
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