Vegas mogul Steve Wynn announced his resignation as Republican National Committee finance chairman Saturday after allegations of sexual misconduct surfaced in an explosive Wall Street Journal report.
That expose detailed claims of a decades-long spree of sexual misdeeds, including a manicurist’s account that Wynn forced her to have sex shortly after the opening of the Wynn Las Vegas hotel and casino in 2005. The Journal reported that the manicurist received a $75 million settlement, though Wynn detailed a statement Friday that denied any wrongdoing.
The burgeoning scandal comes after the Democrats took a major public relations hit over the sexual assault and harassment allegations surrounding longtime donor Harvey Weinstein became public last October.
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