Like you, I have been following the exposure and destruction of Dominic Foppoli. This guy is a scourge on civilized society and needs to be removed; sadly however, he has been protected by those around him. I have had to walk away from people before for their self-destructive behavior, so I am not advocating for something that I have not been willing to do in my own life. There is a vast gulf between loving a sinner in hopes that they see the light and enabling them in their evil ways.
Dominic’s behavior in Florida is the same M.O. as his conduct here in California (and Nevada) except a streetwise lady knew she had been victimized and went to the police instead of keeping the shame to herself. The fact that she had the presence of mind to give the police physical evidence including video helps too. Getting a lawyer representing the victims of Jeffery Epstein proves that she has a case. Filing the case days before the San Francisco Chronicle published their first story on Dominic sealed his fate.
Folks Dominic has admitted to sexual acts with one accuser already and also to having video of the dirty deed. As I understand it, he claims to have video of other victims as well. The alleged existence of said video has been used as leverage to keep some accusers silent. Funny how when the woman has the same type of video and goes to the police that Dominic folds like a cheap suit. Within three hours of finding out about the woman in Florida, he resigns. As a result of yesterday’s news, Dominic’s exploits are now not just a regional news story but a national and even international one.
Folks by my count, Farrah Abraham is the twenty fourth woman to come forward; the ninth accuser to do so in the media. Just so you know, I think that the number of women victimized by Dominic is north of 60, so many more victims have yet to come forward. (If you figure Dominic does this at least once a calendar quarter, and has been doing it since college, my number is actually on the low side.) The three women mention by The Chief in his account of Dominic’s college days have yet to come forward, but they should. He has told me the three names, but we will not print them on the blog without their permission.
Folks there is a vast difference between someone like Jeffery Epstein or Harvey Weinstein and Dominic Foppoli. Epstein and Weinstein both has some version of quid pro quo, the women did it for money or career advancement (I’m setting aside some aspects of Epstein’s operation) but Dominic is on a whole other level. In an edit of one of The Chief’s articles, I called Dominic a Neanderthal. I used that word because just like the stereotype, Dominic saw a woman that he wanted, clubbed her into submission, and took her by force. Dominic is just a perverted thief. His club is a chemical not a primitive baseball bat. The net result is the same, he violates women because he wants too.
As The Chief and I have mentioned in private conversations, this is not about sex. Dominic is worth millions and if he simply wanted sex, he could easily pay for it. No, this is about taking what you cannot have either because the woman is not interested or married or whatever. Dominic is a thief. He violates the woman and then discards her with all the callousness of tossing a napkin or candy wrapper.
A criminal case in California against Dominic is going to be hard to build, especially when law enforcement in the Windsor area has helped Dominic destroy or cover-up incriminating evidence. They have been running interference for him and not doing their jobs, hopefully The Chief will elaborate on this in his next post about Dominic’s enablers.
Dominic’s peril is the looming civil case. Dominic is about to lose not just his personal assets of about seven million dollars but the winery as well. If you figure in the insurance money that will be in play, plus the city of Windsor is in play too. Once the other victims get wind that they are looking at each getting a seven-figure settlement, the floodgate of accusers will really open. I can foresee that the civil case easily being a settlement over 30 million dollars.
Currently, Dominic will have to endure two criminal cases and at least one huge civil suit. If a judge seizes his assets along the way, he’s S.O.L.
If Dominic spends any time in jail, he will need to be treated as a child molester or pedophile and kept in solitary confinement. I think his life expectancy would be measured in days if he was placed in with the general population.
Dominic is so full of himself that he doesn’t know how much peril that he is in.
The Chief is right that Dominic will be placed on a registry of sex offenders. Dominic, I know a guy that’s on that list and thirty years later that scarlet letter still haunts him. It has costs him employment so many times that I’ve lost count.
Dominic Foppoli is about to reap what he has sown. I hope that when this is all over that he won’t be in any position to ever do it again.
In a developing story, embattled Windsor rapist/sexual assaulter Dominic J Foppoli has resigned. The intel we have says yet another women was set to come forward alleging yet another incident. Word says its reality TV Star Farrah Abraham, who claims she was sexually assaulted in March of this year. Abraham becomes the ninth women to publicly accuse Foppoli of sexual crimes.
Farrah Abraham
“It is with heavy heart that I am resigning, effective today,” it read. “I have always and will always maintain that I did not engage in any non-consensual acts with any woman. I recently learned that a woman in Palm Beach, Florida is accusing me of non-consensual acts while I was visiting there in March of this year.” Dominic Foppoli Statement
Now for the statement from an actual adult as opposed to a child masquerading as Mayor:
The statement referred to recent allegations made by a social media influencer and former reality TV star, Farrah Abraham, who filed a police report in Palm Beach, Florida on April 2 alleging what her attorney said was “very serious” misconduct “of a sexual nature” that he declined to describe lest it jeopardize the investigation.
Attorney Spencer Kuvin, who represented at least nine victims of the late prominent sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, said his client had physical and digital evidence from the incident in Palm Beach that has been turned over to police.
Spencer Kuvin
He said neither he nor Abraham would release details until the investigation was concluded, though rumors about the case reached Sonoma County more than a month ago.
“She wants him prosecuted criminally” Her attorney adds.
Foppoli attended a council meeting in his official capacity as recently as Wednesday he left the meeting after the Pledge of Allegiance not because he had anything better to do, but because if he wouldn’t have shown up a vacancy could have been called. This way he gets to keep his massive salary as Mayor of Windsor of about $500 a month! Nice to see he has his priorities straight.
Unfortunately for you Dominic it seems as though the Police Department of Palm Beach has physical and digital proof of your actions. All you have are statements denying your culpability, lest I remind you 9 women are accusing you, outside of a couple hired guns; namely your two lawyers, former campaign manager and Robert Styrk no one else with an IQ above room temperature seems to think you’re innocent. All you have is an alleged sex tape of you and Esther, seems like it curtains for you. Oh, the last nail in Dominic’s coffin is this little gem from the San Francisco chronicle story today, “Abraham filed her police report three days before Chronicle reporters first approached Foppoli about their investigation, and six days before the article was published.” This sir is called, game, set, and match!
Dominic a word to the wise. It just got real, and your money may buy a shorter sentence; however, the civil suit will likely drain a large amount of your worth, or worse yet, the insurance claims could make the family vineyard uninsurable. Trust me I’m in the business of the latter, insurance companies do not like paying out liability claims like this. In addition, the unsanctioned parties at your family vineyard may also place your liquor license at risk, as a licensed bar tender in my spare time while volunteering for a church group, I know a thing or two about that. I do not know how a winery makes money if they cannot sell wine. Also, the more serious part of all this; you likely will end up on a registry if the case leads to an arrest/trial but it is not the registry you’re familiar with…. the sex offender registry. My recollection is you are on it for life. In addition, if you serve jail time you may find a vintage of alcohol you are not familiar with, I believe it’s called pruno.
We will have one last post to attack all his accomplices: Ken McNab, Deb Fudge, Ruben Martinez, and Mark Essick. None of you are getting off scot free.
A word to Dominic’s friends/enablers, there cannot be many in the former group, in the latter, I am sure there are plenty. Dominic is no fool. He will not go quietly. It took a famous female figure to finally get him to step aside. He has been coddled his entire life. He will throw all of you under his proverbial bus in order to get a shorter sentence. Look at his past behavior, his refusal to resign, refusal to take accountability for his actions, attacking the victims, employing a hired gun to do the attacking for him, and most disturbingly, continuing his predatory action when he knew about the article being dropped by the Chronicle while he was in Florida! I would disassociate with him immediately. This sounds like a good time to call the authorities and at least get your story on the record before they call you. Dominic is the scum who tells folks all is well while he abandons ship in the last lifeboat, be forewarned!
Reader Warning: This series will contain graphic details of rape, racism, sexual assault, and straight up deplorable behavior by Dominic Foppoli and his colleagues who covered for him. Reader discretion is advised.
And we are back after a short hiatus. To drop the next big story. Dominic is a racist, and the worst kind of person.
The story takes place my freshman year in college. I was a young lad at 18, the year was 2004 (error on my part earlier) and George W. Bush was running for re-election. As a young man born with conservative values, I joined the Young Republicans on campus, led by one Dominic J Foppoli. After his “alleged” crime against 2 friends of mine, he seemed to fade away, he likely found well let’s call it “fresh meat” then he resurfaced.
It was February, I was on my way back to my dorm in Meadowlands Hall after class on a Tuesday at 8pm. One roommate of mine, let’s say he was Mexican, told me “dude you’re in deep, stupid signs you put up.” Quizzically I asked what he was saying. He told me “There are signs on campus, literally all over about MLK.” I couldn’t put two and two together as I had just come from a 3-hour class. He showed me. The signs were …. Well, I’ll let you react.
The Republicans freed the slaves
Martin Luther King Jr was a Republican
Blacks should be Republicans
Vote GOP, Young Republicans are the best party on campus.
Yeah folks, in February, AKA Black History Month, be more tone deaf you cannot. Stupidity like you read about. Of course, my third roommate was black. As I walked into the dorm room, he of course was prepared; 3 officers of the Black Student Union in tow, it was likely curtains for me. I was known to wear Bush Cheney 04 shirts or Bill Jones for Senate shirts on campus because, I was a literal troll. I was ready to take my punishment but all 4 had my side. My roommate remarking over and over, he ain’t racist while my other roommate saying he cares deeply about those in need. Lucky once again, I was not going to answer for the sins of someone else.
My roommate and his friends from BSU told me they knew the culprit. They saw him getting into a white Chevy Tahoe or Suburban, a tall, built white male (the campus was 70% plus women btw). He had an accomplice, another white male, with facial hair.
So, the next meeting of the College Republicans, oddly called that Monday went swimmingly; me, and all the officers resigned. The faculty rep made Dominic answer for his stupidity, made even more embarrassing since he was an officer in the SONOMA not MARIN GOP. What a low life. He denied any wrongdoing (duh) and was in shock his fellow officers stepped down, (wild move, we aren’t racists) and we held new elections. Dominic couldn’t face the complaints; he had a meeting to attend.
Dominic admitted to putting the signs up at Dominican University, we didn’t have a vibrant student paper. There is no record of this. Imagine if this happened after circa 2004. You see Dominic gives all Republicans a horrible name, why February? Why Black History Month? Why invoke MLK? Who cares about his political party, let him rest in peace, he deserves it.
Again, the narrative remains that he wanted me and my classmates to face the music. Maybe Sonoma and Marin wanted that too, but I came in peace, trolling, but in peace. I should be allowed my beliefs. I am no racist and will never be accused of being one.
Dominic has now been accused by a 7th woman. Another hero has come forward; former Sonoma Mayor Rachel Hundley has accused him of sexual assault. He says Dominic climbed on top of her and showed his “Johnson.” Mayor Hundley said she wanted nothing sexual to happen, but apparently Dominic had other ideas. He took pictures of her in her robe, and sexually assaulted her. We here believe all the women.
What a sick f**k he is.
Concluding commentary: This blogger (notice, not blog owner, The Chief and The Chief alone) has info, and damning info at that, about Windsor Chief of Police Ruben “Colonel Klink” Martinez, Sonoma DA Mark “girls are sexual objects” Raasch, seriously sheriff you’re a womanizer and its over for you, oh and I have firsthand info you and Dominic are “bros.” Deborah Fudge, on the council, she is burnt toast. I’ve got too much info. Sam Salmon? I won’t waste too much time on him, he’s useless.
It’s over. I’m going to destroy you politically Dominic. I don’t have to destroy you criminally; you did that yourself. Actually, Liam, your buddy’s attorney did a nice job with his comments about you. His words not ours.
Just to speak to the victims, we are here for you. We know of about 23 women who have come forward so far, and there are many more. Dominic is a sick, disgusting creature. We understand you may not want to reach out to us; however, we strongly encourage you to reach out and be put in touch with local groups to help you, statute or no statute of limitations. This story will run in the local paper if one person can corroborate it, you can remain anonymous. Let’s get rid of this scum!
Ghislaine Maxwell
Now to speak to his “Ghislaine Maxwell,” the former campaign manager who aided and abetted in his rapes. So said you when you called me, saying and I quote “I saw a lot of horrible things”. This is a final chance to get your story to us and clear you name, or we can put you in touch with folks who you can tell your story too. We are not here to hurt folks who want to tell a story, and you can remain anonymous. We are in possession of an Instagram message from him to you inviting you to his winery as recent as March, it might be a good time to reach out. A word to the wise, after your call we received a cease-and-desist order, probably not smart to cover for a rapist.
You have 72 hours. I would call, I really would. This blogger is not scared of you. We have 23 courageous women, a great attorney (a rock star by the way). Maybe call us before you get a call, because the best case scenario for your buddy Dominic is he will be “on the registry;” look it up, not great. Go ahead sue me, I’m not scared, Dominic will throw you under the bus far before he names me.
Reader Warning:This series will contain graphic details of rape, racism, sexual assault, and straight up deplorable behavior by Dominic Foppoli and his colleagues who covered for him. Reader discretion is advised.
Dominic Foppoli has had a rough couple of weeks. Depending on who you talk to, like this blog, you are probably on the growing side of those who hope Dominic gets what he deserves, while others are choosing to stand with Dominic.
We will unpack his actions since the SF Chronicle ran its story, his presiding over a Council Meeting, and his statements regarding fellow Councilmember Esther Lemus in this installment.
As we detailed so far, 4 women reported his “actions” to the San Francisco Chronicle, another woman came forward with her story shortly after, then a bombshell dropped. Esther Lemus, a city council member and deputy district attorney with Sonoma County, came forward with her statement as detailed already in this space. Dominic being the slimy politician he is, issued this whopper of a statement:
“Despite the clear political and social machinations that are outwardly and obviously driving the effort to put my head on a spike, I never imagined I would be pursued as a trophy to warn those who dare to have a positive impact in public service regardless of ideology,” Foppoli wrote.
Ah yes, the martyr-in-chief, his honor Dominic Foppoli, rushing to the tried-and-true defense of attacking the critic. Even though all the stories were the same, his exuding dominance, pouring way too much alcohol, and likely using a date rape drug, its Dominic who is the victim. I guess in some weird way his brain must think the campaign intern shouldn’t have fought back, and how he was doing “the Lord’s work” by exorcizing her virginity twice in the same night, after repeated calls to stop! He likely feels the victim of not being able to enjoy sex with Sophia Williams, who fought off this coward of a human. Dominic, take it from me, life is full of disappointments, and this ain’t the actions of a gentleman you Neanderthal. Crashing a party you had no business at just because it was taking place at your winery’s guest house is peak you Dominic, and forcing 2 of your employees to remove their underwear? Yeah, you are some victim. The girl you met in Reno and tried to act out your perverse sexual fantasy on while she was blacked out…you must have been deprived. Too bad she came too and stopped you from going further.Handcuffing your girlfriend to your bed, and sticking grapes up her vaginal orifice when she is pleading with you to stop doesn’t make you a victim.IT MAKES YOU A MONSTER. I guess you were also the victim in the case of the young intern who worked at your winery, her crime was wanting to learn more about wine, you wanted to explore what was under her jeans. You failed, Dominic. You are no victim, these heroic women fought you off the best they could, the situation was not fair, you had them liquored up and drugged up, a serious crime in California. It doesn’t make you a victim Dominic, it makes you a rapist, a sexual assault predator, and a disgusting creep. How about find some women your own age and I don’t know maybe don’t sexually assault them?
But Dominic wasn’t done yet. He knew a much bigger story was coming, this one from a fellow councilmember. So, he acted like any “victim” would, check out this verbal diarrhea he spouted out “this admitted cheat clearly will go to any lengths imaginable to advance her political career and get what she wants – power.”
“I am not saying I am a victim or claiming a “me to” moment for myself or for men in general. That idea is ridiculous,” Foppoli said in the statement.
“Mrs. Lemus has led the charge in asking for my resignation and it wasn’t until I defended myself and told the truth regarding these manufactured and baseless accusations against me that she showed the degree in which she is, at the very least, complicit in the witch hunt driven by these continuing attempts at assassinating my character,” Foppoli said.
Ok, so Dominic claims a female sexually assaulted him, and put him into compromising positions? Mrs. Lemus works as a deputy District Attorney as we mentioned earlier, her statement will be repeated here:
What Lemus said she does remember is attending a Windsor Boys & Girls Club crab feed in February 2020, during which she got up at one point and returned to learn from Foppoli’s then-girlfriend that he had refilled her glass. There was dancing and music, and then Lemus, Foppoli, his girlfriend and another male friend, whom she declined to identify, stopped by a brewpub before going home. Lemus’ husband had left earlier.
At some point, Lemus learned later, she left the group and was found outside becoming violently ill. The two men then left Foppoli’s girlfriend at the pub to drive Lemus home, but they were gone so long the girlfriend finally walked home, she later told Lemus.
Lemus, 48, was becoming ill again as she arrived home, and went into the bathroom. At one point she sat on the bathtub to remove her shoes, and fell in.
The next morning, she awoke on the couch, nude, with a small towel placed on her and the growing fear that she had been sexually violated.
But Lemus said she does not remember even leaving the crab feed. When she called Foppoli’s girlfriend the next day to find out what had happened to her, the woman said Foppoli had told her “he put me to bed, tucked me in or something,” Lemus said.
She said she cannot recall what happened inside her home. She was in pain and had rectal bleeding when she awoke, she said. She said she believes she was raped and sodomized while unconscious by Foppoli and/or the other man who drove her home. She said the experience of feeling drugged in his presence — that night and during a second assault that she said happened six months later at Foppoli’s winery — prompted her belief he was responsible.
The second incident occurred in August 2020 when she attended a gathering at Foppoli’s winery. She said Foppoli had inexplicably taken her phone and keys much earlier in the night. She later experienced the same cloudy disorientation and amnesia that she had felt after the February crab feed. She said she recalls being led off by a man Foppoli had just introduced to her, saying his friend “liked me,” and finding herself engaged in oral copulation in the tasting room.
She was next aware of falling and hurting herself some place, which Foppoli would later tell her was a vineyard. She later became violently ill. She eventually woke up and drove home.
Dominic you finally did it, you met your match, and you know it. Like a true monster, you blamed a woman whom you allegedly drugged/intoxicated and likely raped or sodomized. Instead, you left her with just a small towel covering her, what an absolute coward you are. You panicked and called for her to step down from her career as ADA with the Sonoma Prosecutor office. If you had any brain cells you would know, not a soul in that office could prosecute you, due to obvious conflict of interest laws. Hence the California Attorney General has taken over. Again, your lack of functioning brain cells is hurting you here. The AG does not care about any of your connections in Sonoma County you may be wealthy and powerful, but you are not above the law.
Getting back to your actions; you for some reason decided to chair the meeting when a motion was going to come up asking for your resignation. I tuned in, and my comments will be brief. First thank you to the hundreds of folks who called in and dragged Dominic. Dominic appeared to look intoxicated or on a drug of some type, sweating profusely and looking beady eyed at the camera. He tried to exude dominance by calling on each caller, telling some to unmute, and telling others “thank you.” Your act got old, and you realized it about an hour into the meeting. You were being dragged to filth by every caller, you were called a rapist, folks said they hate you, and also told more times than I could count to F*** Off.” Then like the coward you are, you tried to sign off the call, prompting fellow enabler Deb Fudge to call the question on demanding you to resign. The motion carried 2-1, Esther being an adult recused herself from the meeting under conflict-of-interest laws, you wouldn’t provide such concessions. You signed off after, leaving Deb Fudge, and Sam Salmon (I won’t call them councilmembers, they enabled you, more on them in another installment) to pick up the pieces and continue the meeting. Dominic it’s very obvious you are a narcissistic sociopath. Your blank stare said it all. You’re pure evil. Watch the tape, Dominic. The dragging continued even after you left, Dominic your entire town hates you. Please step down, you are causing so much unneeded attention to a town you claim to love. Laugh at a recall all you want, but your political career is on fire and this will be a blow-out loss for you.
Up next will be the folks covering for Dominic, it’s a bomb shell report!
The Chief
Blogger commentary: The cockroaches are scrambling since this blog shined some light on the situation. Folks this blog averages 25 – 60 hits on a given article and we do not promote it on social media in any form. However, I received a call from a concerned political operative Sunday AM, and coincidentally by mid evening the blog had over 900 hits, far exceeding our average. Clearly someone on social media is interested in Dominic’s malfeasance. We even had a lawyer threaten a cease-and-desist in the comment thread, rather than contacting the editor in chief directly. I do not know many lawyers working on a Sunday afternoon. Even stranger was the lawyer found our blog when we didn’t mention his client’s last name. To the political operative, I certainly hope you are not passing info along to the campaign being orchestrated by Mr. Foppoli or any associate of his, as it has come to our attention, he is running an intimidation campaign in Windsor as we speak. I am giving you a chance to go on record. We will redact your name and you can remain anonymous, but we here at the blog find it very hard to believe when our articles don’t come up on a Google search yet we get 900 page views. You will not silence this blog or this blogger.
To the women out there who saw this article, if you were assaulted, raped, harassed, or even just have a story to tell, reach out to us. We will connect you to someone who will help you get a measure of justice that is independent of anyone associated with our blog. We will give you a phone number and that’s it. If you want to share your story less your name, you may. Any woman brave enough to step forward is a true rock star. If you think you are alone, believe me, you are not. The number of victims that have come forward thus far is much greater than the six previously mentioned in media reports. Reach out, Dominic is a disgusting creep, a rapist, and a sexual predator.
Reader Warning:This series will contain graphic details of rape, racism, sexual assault, and straight up deplorable behavior by Dominic Foppoli and his colleagues who covered for him. Reader discretion is advised.
In addition to my experience, Dominic was accused of sexual assault and rape by these women who were brave enough to go on the record sans 1 or 2 to the SF Chronical.
In 2003 Foppoli had aspirations at the young age of 21 to be the youngest person elected to the CA Assembly. He met an 18-year-old who volunteered for his campaign; he knew the family through his church. The girl said she admired his conservative values and catholic faith; she was looking for an unpaid campaign position. Foppoli and his female campaign manager decided the best place for an 18-year-old girl, was personal assistant to the candidate. Yep, read that again folks, 21-year-old candidate, and an 18-year-old female would be his assistant. He took advantage of her, who would have thought? He groped and fondled her twice, leading her to break up with him shortly after Foppoli lost the GOP primary for his campaign. On December 31 of that same year, he convinced her to go out with him to “ring in the New Year” one last time. She reluctantly agreed. While out that evening Dominic and Liam pressured her to drink champagne. If you aren’t a drinker or are a “rookie in the drinking game” champagne will get you very sick and inebriated quite quickly, also make note of her age 18. Dominic drove her back to his house, groped her buttocks, and tried to pull her skirt down, she fought back, even saying she was “on her period” it didn’t stop him, he raped her and whilst doing so she turned her head and threw up over the bed. She woke up later with Dominic raping her again. He drove her home in the morning, joking about how they were both drunk. She was 18.
Dominic in 2006 met Sophia Williams at a junior college while taking a dance class. Sophia was typically his dance partner, but as is customary, you danced with one another’s partners in this class. Keep in mind this was a social gathering type atmosphere, but also a class, for… you know adults. My source told me Dominic wore out his welcome quickly, he always wanted to dance with the better-looking girls, and was extremely handsy, and loved touching the lower back, and arm pit area. No one wanted to dance with him eventually. Sophia and a few friends hung out with Dominic at a dance club after class. They drank quite a large amount of booze, she wanted to get a cab, Dominic called Uber. They both stumbled into the back seat. It wasn’t until most of the way through the ride she realized they weren’t going to her place first; it was straight to Dominic’s place. Dominic offered her his bed, and he would take the floor. (Remind anyone of his same playbook from the dorm room earlier?) She crashed on the bed, Dominic climbing in behind her, he put his hand down her pants, she fought him off. He used leverage to pin her against the wall, she broke free, and locked herself in his bathroom until morning when a friend could safely pick her up.
Prior to 2012, Dominic became very active in a group for young professionals called Active 20-30. He was a big wig in the all men’s Santa Rosa chapter. A short time after, his reputation became one of “toxic masculinity.” He was known as a big partier and loved pouring drinks for others. He had a well-known reputation for paling around with much younger women, an allegation that gets much creepier after you leave college. At a convention of these young professionals in Reno, Dominic found his next victim. Allison Britton was having fun like any other young person in Reno, drinking, gambling, and enjoying herself…maybe a little too much, but we all have likely been there. Visibly intoxicated, Britton’s friends had asked Dominic to take her back to her room, Dominic took her back to his room. She passed out, she came to with her top off, on her knees in his hotel room bathroom with his Johnson in her mouth. Terrified she wanted to know what was going on, all Dominic could say is “can I finish on your chest.” Britton learned later she drank more alcohol with Dominic and that his roommate was fast asleep in the bed next to his while this all went down. Shortly thereafter a list of top ten things not to do in Active 20-30 included get this: Dominic Foppoli.
A fourth women came forward named Rose Fomuso. She was a winery intern at Dominic’s Christopher Creek Winery, and an exchange student from France to boot. She wanted to learn the finer points of winemaking and served in the tasting room. Toward the end of her stay, Foppoli threw a large party. Dominic of course made sure she was invited. During the evening she fell ill, even though she consumed a “normal amount of alcohol for her.” Dominic wanted to show her his white Tesla. She got in, he started the car, drove her around, and tried to rape her. Her internship having been finished, she returned to France, telling her coordinators not to send anyone to Christopher Creek again. She too claims to have been drugged by Dominic.
A fifth women, Shannon McCarthy, came out and said she was sexually abused during a relationship with Dominic from 2001-2004. More of the same, copious amounts of liquor, and not knowing when to stop or hold off. She was forced by Dominic into oral copulation more times than she wants to recall, and once Dominic handcuffed her to the bed, raping her of course.
Dominic was also accused by a woman who stayed at the guesthouse on his winery property of sexual assault as well. The details were a little foggy on this one, but it involved Dominic inviting himself to dinner and joining a few women in a hot tub. Dominic refilled the wine glasses, seems to be his “go to move” and while getting his guests intoxicated, he attempted to remove their bikini bottoms. Foppoli also had a couple of his employees there, he instructed them to remove their underwear and don bed sheets to be worn as a toga. What an absolute sick fuck this guy is!
The 6th and definitely not last accuser is fellow councilmember Esther Lemus, who doubles as a deputy DA in the District Attorney’s Office. I will let her words tell the story….
Esther Lemus
What Lemus said she does remember is attending a Windsor Boys & Girls Club crab feed in February 2020, during which she got up at one point and returned to learn from Foppoli’s then-girlfriend that he had refilled her glass. There was dancing and music, and then Lemus, Foppoli, his girlfriend and another male friend, whom she declined to identify, stopped by a brewpub before going home. Lemus’ husband had left earlier.
At some point, Lemus learned later, she left the group and was found outside becoming violently ill. The two men then left Foppoli’s girlfriend at the pub to drive Lemus home, but they were gone so long the girlfriend finally walked home, she later told Lemus.
Lemus, 48, was becoming ill again as she arrived home, and went into the bathroom. At one point she sat on the bathtub to remove her shoes, and fell in.
The next morning, she awoke on the couch, nude, with a small towel placed on her and the growing fear that she had been sexually violated.
But Lemus said she does not remember even leaving the crab feed. When she called Foppoli’s girlfriend the next day to find out what had happened to her, the woman said Foppoli had told her “he put me to bed, tucked me in or something,” Lemus said.
She said she cannot recall what happened inside her home. She was in pain and had rectal bleeding when she awoke, she said. She said she believes she was raped and sodomized while unconscious by Foppoli and/or the other man who drove her home. She said the experience of feeling drugged in his presence — that night and during a second assault that she said happened six months later at Foppoli’s winery — prompted her belief he was responsible.
The second incident occurred in August 2020 when she attended a gathering at Foppoli’s winery. She said Foppoli had inexplicably taken her phone and keys much earlier in the night. She later experienced the same cloudy disorientation and amnesia that she had felt after the February crab feed. She said she recalls being led off by a man Foppoli had just introduced to her, saying his friend “liked me,” and finding herself engaged in oral copulation in the tasting room.
She was next aware of falling and hurting herself some place, which Foppoli would later tell her was a vineyard. She later became violently ill. She eventually woke up and drove home.
Reader Warning:This series will contain graphic details of rape, racism, sexual assault, and straight up deplorable behavior by Dominic Foppoli and his colleagues who covered for him. Reader discretion is advised.
This is the second in my series on Dominic Foppoli. This installment talks about my interaction with Dominic while in college.
I was a freshman at college. The year was 2005 and I was in roughly the middle of my first semester. I lived on campus and did not have a car. I had joined the Young Republican club even though Marin County was so blue due to my wanting to be involved. Our leader was an upperclassman named Dominic, he seemed like a nice enough guy; but came off as a Mitt Romney type who was more concerned with impressing people than governing or leading. After our second meeting, he asked if I wanted to go with him to a fundraiser for a local who was running for Assembly. I declined since, well what college student has money, let alone money to donate. He told me it was free, and almost demanded and guilt tripped me to come along. I did, against my better judgment, as I literally had just met him.
We climbed into his Chevy Tahoe and present were 3 freshman females. I quickly figured out he needed me as a freshman to make this seem legit. We went off to the fundraiser. Dominic made a point to ditch me at the door; however, he stayed very close to all 3 females. Next thing I knew, they were all drinking wine, being poured by the host, a candidate running for Assembly named Carolyn Patrick. The fundraiser took place in Sausalito at the home of what I would characterize as a very wealthy donor. I was offered wine, to which I declined. I was merely 18 and honestly didn’t know where I was and didn’t want to get anyone in trouble. However, I eventually had a glass put in front of me, and was told drink up, you’re not driving anyways. I retreated to a balcony to be with my female friends who were invited and all 3 were uncomfortable. The night wore on, and I could have sworn my glass was never empty, almost like Dominic was filling up the glasses of all 4 of us unexpectedly.
Because he was.
After leaving that party at around 10 pm, he decided we were going to keep the party going over at a financier’s business located conveniently an exit or two up from my college near San Rafael. We entered Paul Financial LLC and made our way to the second floor. Dominic called a childhood friend named Liam. Liam came armed with a large bottle of Jack Daniels and a liter or two of coke. We proceeded to play spin the bottle and truth or dare. Immediately I knew this was wrong as the two of them (Liam and Dominic) made sure their “dares” involved 1 or more of the 3 inebriated women. I spent a great deal of time in the bathroom re-visiting my dinner from several hours earlier.
Dominic finally called the party off at 3 am and drove us back to campus. I made my way to my dorm and noticed the 2 females and Dominic were following me. When I got to my room, Dominic said they were too drunk and was he asking if they could sleep in the 2 unoccupied beds belonging to my absent roommates. I agreed. Dominic got into 1, the girls into the other. I spent most of the night throwing up, and when I came too, I noticed Dominic was in the bed with the other two girls, appearing as though he forced his way in.I woke them all up, the girls seemed revolted, I said my roommates were coming back and they had to leave. One girl commented to the other her bra strap was undone, and the other saying her pants were mysteriously unbuttoned.Both questioned Mr. Foppoli who continued to filibuster saying everyone was drunk and it could have been any of us. It seemed odd for A. Dominic to sleep on campus, and B. to put himself in a situation where he would wake up between 2 females in a twin sized bed.
Or does it?
At the chow hall for dinner me and the 3 girls reconvened. We tried to put the pieces of the night back together. We all agreed on one thing, Dominic had a motive and bringing me with him was just trying to make the girls more comfortable. We all remembered different parts of the night, but one thing we all remembered was Dominic insisting all 4 of us drink wine from glasses he poured in a different part of the house. We agreed he spiked the drinks with some sort of date rape drug due to the severe headaches and vomiting we all suffered from. When walking back to my dorm, our Resident Assistant asked me how I felt, to which I said fine. She proceeded to warn me about Dominic and said his friend Liam stayed in our room as well, he was let in by Dominic later that night/morning. She also warned that the 3 of us freshmen appeared highly intoxicated bordering on black out drunk, but Dominic seemed more than happy with the situation.
Closing: While I do not know what happened that night, I also know none of my 3 friends pursued anything with law enforcement. I do know after that semester, 2 transferred and the other did the same after the year concluded. Knowing what I know now and after sharing the next parts in the series, I know for a fact Dominic drugged all 4 of us, that was his point.I know he had his way with both girls that night, his friend likely joining in the fun. I also believe Dominic never intended to wake up in that bed that morning, he was supposed to be gone, leaving me to answer the questions about what happened, and pick up the pieces how 2 intoxicated girls who felt violated during their sleep woke up in various state’s of undress in a friends dorm room. Fortunately for me, Dominic had no use for me after that night. He largely ignored me and I’m ok with that. I found it very creepy that someone closer to 23 years old was palling around with 18 year olds; especially someone who fancied himself wealthy, powerful, and relevant on the political scene.
Reader Warning:This series will contain graphic details of rape, racism, sexual assault, and straight up deplorable behavior by Dominic Foppoli and his colleagues who covered for him. Reader discretion is advised.
He is a small town mayor who came from money. I went to college with him and while I only knew Dominic for a year, I was done with him after one semester. This initial blog will sum up a stunning fall from grace for an aspiring young man.
Foppoli was named as the man who raped a campaign intern 2 separate times, raped/assaulted a fellow active 20-30 member, sexually assaulted a guest staying at the guesthouse of his winery, and twice raping an intern at his winery. Most recently a fellow councilmember came out and announced Foppoli sexually assaulted, and sodomized or raped her. This council member works for the District Attorney as a deputy DA.
I did quite a bit of research and made contact with a few folks regarding Foppoli. I will lay out the details in this series. Let’s just say that this is a tale of typical political scum who likely will be doing a perp walk soon. My hope is when I name names, others will be held accountable for coving up, or ignoring his crimes.
Arizona Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego announced a proposal Friday to strip benefits for active or retired military members who participated in the Capitol Riot on January 6, according to Stars and Stripes.
Gallego wrote a letter to the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough and other top military officials March 18, stating, “Unfortunately, many veterans led or participated in this insurrection. Reporting suggests that nearly 20% of the insurrectionists were either veterans or military retirees, including some of the most violent members of the mob.”
“Any veteran or service member who stormed the Capitol on January 6 forfeited their moral entitlement to privileged benefits at the expense of the people of the United States,” the letter read.
“I ask you to quickly identify, investigate, and prosecute any active service member or retiree that participated in the attack under the jurisdiction of the Uniform Code of Military Justice,” Gallego said.
Folks, I have strong feelings on this idea. As readers should know, I am a veteran. Here is a little background before I address the Congressman’s idea.
Buried in the bowels of my enlistment contract is a clause that I was subject to recall to active duty until I reached the age of 55 even though I never had to serve a day in the Reserves—Active or Inactive. So yes, the government, in special circumstances, does have a limited claim on military personnel even after they are discharged.
Also, I did take an oath to protect and defend the country of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic. Actually, I’ve taken that oath many times as both an elected official and a service member. Funny thing is, I was never released from that oath, either as a military member or an office holder.
So, when I read this article, it makes me mad for a number of reasons. First, the Democrat Party is the home of the domestic enemies of the United States. Look at what that Party stands for: they hate God, limited government, life, they welcome racists and racism, they are all about the color of people’s skins and not the content of their character, they oppose hard work and passing an inheritance to your grandchildren, they protect the guilty and punish the innocent, they oppose self-defense, demonize law enforcement, embrace tyranny, hate the Constitution, our Founders, and our history.
Given the oath that we veterans have taken, and the election fraud used to keep Democrats in power, I can fully understand that many veterans were in Washington D.C. on January 6th. Do I believe that what happened was an insurrection? NO. Remarkably, despite claims this was an armed event, no one in officer or law enforcement has yet to prove a single firearm was taken into the Capitol Building let alone used in an attempt to overthrow the government. It does appear that folks did not properly enter the building but for the most part, the worst they are guilt of is trespassing or something similar. Folks like buffalo boy and Jorge behaved stupidly by going into places that they shouldn’t like the House floor and Pelosi’s office. Had they stayed in public areas, much of the drama on that day would not have occurred.
Congressman Gallego is just pandering for some publicity. Invoking the UCMJ (Uniform Code of Military Justice) is laughable [for reasons that I will explain in a moment] and meant only to impress the uninformed masses. There is no legal precedent to do what he is suggesting. Oops, he is a Democrat so when has the law even been an impedance to what they do?
Many parts of the UCMJ are not followed by the military except as a tool for selective enforcement. Here’s a few examples. Ever seem a sailor with a tattoo? Per the letter of the UCMJ, a tattoo is forbidden, allegedly as the destruction of government property. Although this policy has softened over the years.
Adultery is forbidden. As is homosexuality, at least until Obama was in office. The UCMJ covers many moral areas which are routinely not enforced. My point being that the UCMJ is being softened by the civilian government and not the military. The trend is away from enforcing many provisions and making the military, …well less military.
Sorry Congressman but attempting to use the UCMJ is a nonstarter in my eyes. Secondly, I know of no possible way that the military can touch the life of a discharged veteran or retired person. Gallegos wants to waive a magic wand and take away veteran benefits? Sorry dude. Whatever happens in the civilian world, we earned the benefits. Even veterans in prison can get benefits from the Veteran’s Administration.
After a diligent Internet search, it looks like the Congressman has this in mind:
Can A Veteran Receive Retired Military Pay While In Prison?
Generally, yes. Being convicted of a crime almost never jeopardizes a federal pension – the rare exception to this rule are charges relating to criminal disloyalty to the United States: espionage, treason, sabotage, etc.
Sorry Congressman but what happened on January 6th falls way short of “espionage, treason, sabotage”. Jorge Riley and others have been charged with many things, but none come close to the threshold needed to go after veteran’s benefits.
The truth is that most veterans and other folks in Washington D.C. on January 6th were peaceful. If the veterans were wanting to overthrow the government do you really think they’d bring their wives and children to help?
If that doesn’t help then try this, the purpose of the military is to kill people and break things. Since the evil veterans on January 6th didn’t come properly prepared with vests, guns, and other military stuff, then how were they planning to overthrow the government? Harsh pronouns and colorful metaphors?
This is just another attempt to use the power of the Federal Government to attack Trump supporters that believe that the Democrats cheated yet again and get publicity at the same time. Such selective enforcement is tyranny and doing it retroactively is doubly so.
Unbeknownst to anyone who actually cares about the pathetic life of Jorge Riley, apparently, he is out of custody and back in Sacramento. Yes, he is out of custody. I found this out yesterday. Jorge, as you may recall, was arrested by the FBI (yeah, as in federal crime not state or local) during the “insurrection at the Capital” back in January. Riley was in custody with no bail, until about the end of February, then he was extradited to DC. Apparently, a judge in DC bought his line of crap of being a combat veteran with PTSD and having no money.
Blogger commentary: Jorge was in the military, I cannot speak to his service, but a couple of veterans that I know refute his take on combat service. Riley intentionally keeps himself under or unemployed to leach off taxpayers; unlike the editorial board of this blog. This is to avoid court ordered support of his “children,” as for how many the world may never know.
Last I heard from an officer friend of mine, he is facing 2 misdemeanors and a felony for striking a child of his recently. He also is a heavy drinker, as detailed in past blogs, as well as a narcotics user. My officer friend says likely cocaine or meth, due to his skin/looks seeming far older than he really is. With no money or job, how does he keep his habit of drinking at events and using narcotics going you ask. Easy Answer!
His enablers.
After being released and told not to leave the country, Jorge flew back to California. My sources say Bill Cardoza footed the bill, no shock. I would say iron sharpens iron but neither of these two possess an IQ in positive territory. He recently attended a recall Newsom event. Give his recent past, while I guess that’s not a crime since it’s an open rally/protest; however, it’s a rough look. Even rougher is his giving an interview to a former central committee member of Sac County who is a current member of the Proud Boys and was recently expelled from said GOP committee. Couldn’t he find, I don’t know, anyone else to video tape the interview?
Oh, this interview is pure Jorge Riley gold folks. On camera, he admits to “rubbing his butt on Nasty Pelosi’s desk.” Actually, he says “may or may not have”, but in today’s media and court system, you better believe they are adding another charge, to his pending charging documents. I am sure his lawyer is thrilled. Most people get out of jail and do not wish to go back, apparently Riley misses it so much he wants to book a longer stay by nixing any chance for a concurrent sentence and insuring a consecutive one. Hotels may be open with minimal occupancy, but as an attorney friend of mine will say “there is always a vacancy at the Blue Roof Inn aka Jail.”
Oh, remember those media reports that we said were bogus about Riley leaving the California Republican Assembly in shame following his arrest for storming the nation’s Capital? Well, we now have proof, as if we needed any more, courtesy of Riley and his enabler Cardoza.
Let’s have a gander at another event Riley “showed up” to. I use air quotes because there is no way he didn’t know in advance and if I were a betting man, I would lay heavy odds Bill “the Wookie” Cardoza moved the regular meeting of the Sacramento Republican Assembly to make sure they could have Riley as their keynote speaker.
Riley’s leadership has brought such attention to the organization that he was presented with an award for his longevity of service as chapter president. Lest you forgot, Riley was SRA President and a statewide CRA Board member on January 6th. Yeah, check this award out.
Thank you for your leadership as president of the Sacramento Republican Assembly Jorge Riley 2015 – 2021
If it’s really gold, I got a feeling it’ll soon be pawned off, melted down, or sold for scrap to fuel his addiction to drugs and alcohol. Shame it won’t be around to be admitted into evidence at his trial.
Below is a photo that was taken during the night’s festivities. I can picture his time at the podium prior to the presentation. Likely Riley told stories of violating Speaker Pelosi’s office, fighting his cellmates, disrespecting officers, and stories of his multiple court outbursts. Proudly standing shoulder-to-shoulder with him in the photo below are 2 lawyers licensed by the California State Bar Association. Said Bar is not to be confused with the watering hole Riley is used to patronizing. The lawyers in question are Sue Blake, a former Sac CRA President and past Chair of Sacramento Republican Party, and Tom Hudson former CRA Statewide President and Placer County Republican Party leader.
Local SRA and California Republican Assembly (CRA) leaders gathered to pay tribute to Jorge for both his service on the SRA as well as the CRA board of directors. From left, 8th SRA President Angela Azevedo, Immediate Past CRA President Tom Hudson, CRA National Committeeman Bill Cardoza (me), 4th SRA President Russell Gray, current and 15th SRA President Dr. Justin Hardcastle, 7th SRA President Sue Blake, and current SRA Vice President Todd Freeman who also served as SRA’s 2nd and 3rd vice president. — Bill Cardoza Facebook page 03/09/2021
This speaks to enablement. Folks, I am sorry, but Sue and Tom know better. They may claim to be tax lawyers not criminal lawyers, but they had no business in that photo or at that meeting. First Blake hasn’t been an attending member in about a decade, so she showed up only to pay homage to Riley. Hudson knows better and knew of all Riley’s acts, again enabling. Hudson is immediate past president of the statewide California Republican Assembly—as such a sitting Board member of CRA— [per recent media reports, CRA allegedly ejected Riley which clearly is a lie]. Angela Azevedo came out of the woodwork to support Riley. Again, someone who had a career in the corrections arm of the state government and should know better. In fact, all four enablers listed above (Blake, Cardoza, Hudson, Azevedo) are career state employees living off the taxpayer’s dime.
Bill Cardoza, well he put it all together and is again running for National Committeeman of the CRA. Facepalm!
The problem Jorge has is that the drugs and alcohol have destroyed his health, and this will destroy his life, if it hasn’t already. These folks are not your friends Jorge. They are using you like the parent who uses their child to “re-live their glory years.” You may not be able to help yourself Jorge, but you are looking at about 15-20 years in a federal lockup. Try remorsefulness for a change. Stay out of politics and try to right a few wrongs you have had in your life. Jorge the FBI wants you. The scariest arm of the federal government not named the IRS is looking to bury you. You are in real trouble.
In the past, you always got your way at CRA, CAGOP, or Sac GOP meetings because Sue, Tom, Bill, and others covered for you. You screamed, shouted, interrupted, pouted, and muttered things incoherently and you were never told, “No”. These folks are not your friends and will abandon you as you leave the courtroom in handcuffs. Rest assured this video you made and the photos you took will be coming to a courtroom near you very quickly. I hope you get another stimulus check because a return trip to DC will be cheaper and more enjoyable on your own dime rather than if you ditch court. I can’t say for sure, but I think a federal chartered airplane won’t have flight attendants serving booze.
Sue, Bill, Tom and others, you may be lawyers (sans Bill) and work for powerful people, but your unfettered allegiance to Jorge has me questioning why I ever got involved in politics with people of your caliber. You are all truly the lowest of the low. None of you are above the law and I wish you were required to testify as to why you support that sack of trash Jorge. Watching you squirm would be out and out fun, seeing you try to bob and weave, or plead negligence would be funny. Frankly, I would make sure the Academy Awards committee was on site as it could be Oscar worthy for best performance on camera!
Jorge word of advice, these folks (just like your lawyer) have very little say in front of a man/women/binary with a robe and a gavel. You have been warned.
As I am sure you have read by now, Jorge “the drunken Jedi” Riley is in custody for his part storming of the capital in DC. While we can debate whether he was right, wrong, or indifferent we can all agree on one thing, it was flat stupid to do what he did. Even dumber was to post video and other photos on his Facebook page. Far dumber was to make comments about killing people or taking back the People’s House. While we can agree he probably didn’t mean those comments, they are very dumb to say in an era of big tech hating conservatives, and when “screenshotting” is taboo.
Jorge Aaron Riley
The point of this blog is not to dance on the grave of one’s misfortunes, as Mr. Riley in the words of a federal judge “is looking at a lengthy sentence, due to the nature of his crime and evidence against him.” The point of my writing is to bring to light his enablers, who will all be called out by name, and I feel are accomplices to the behavior leading to the crime.
They are listed in no particular order.
Sue Blake (Former Sac County GOP Chair): Sue or madam chair, as you can call her, had a front row seat to Riley’s sobriety issues. Riley was known to attend the meetings with his “backpack” carrying the elixir by which he would consume, before, during, and after each meeting. Blake would call on Riley to give a report, we would hear a plethora of racial or homophobic slurs, and she would smile and say thanks for that report.
Tom Hudson (Former CRA President) same as above but worse. Hudson is a smooth-talking lawyer who for some reason really liked Jorge. He too had no issue with the drinking, and every time there was a CRA board election, Jorge would find himself safe from any challengers. Last I heard, he owns the server and membership lists for the statewide group. Hudson is still known to be protecting Riley even though he no longer wields much power.
The Park Brothers (George and Aaron): While both may be removed from CRA, both allowed Riley to consume copious amounts of booze and stir up trouble at conventions. Aaron may have written a blog or two disparaging him, but too little, too late. Aaron, you are just as culpable. Notice his blog has been quiet about this, when news of Riley’s arrest spread like a PG&E induced wildfire. Aaron and George know they are neck deep in this. Does the fact that Riley’s middle name is Aaron immunize him from their criticism?
Bill “The Wookie” Cardoza: By far the biggest enabler. Bill, like any liquid, takes the shape of whatever vessel he is poured into. Bill is a very close friend of Riley’s. Bill has never done anything to advise Jorge of his behaviors. Bill on numerous occasions has even allowed Jorge to drive under the influence…Some friend! On occasion Bill was a sober passenger. Let that soak in! Bill has worked for several elected’s in his day and he should know better. Jorge was protected by Bill, so he is equally at fault for his behavior. Rumor has it, Cardoza bought Riley’s ticket to DC. Worse yet, Cardoza is a ranking member of the Sacramento CRA unit, and he has allowed Riley to destroy that once proud unit!
Jared Kopp (Former Sac County Republican Executive Director) Kopp was a drinking buddy of Riley, he also allowed Jorge’s drinking to shape who he is now. Jared used to think this behavior was amusing and funny. Jared, Sue and Terry Mast (RIP) defended this behavior and marginalized those who tried to stop it.
Folks if you know any of the above, please do not buy their BS. They are all equally culpable. Jared, Sue, and the other central committee members knew this man was a liability, yet they kept protecting and promoting him. Cardoza? He keeps protecting him, rumor has it he is actively searching for counsel to help defend Riley of the federal crimes he is charged with. Aaron and George? I doubt Jorge paid you so how did you have such blind loyalty to him? Tom Hudson, ditto. Folks that is a collection of supposedly smart folks who sold out their futures to help a deranged human.
In short, the folks named above fought to enable and cover for a man (Jorge) who has unpaid child support from 4 different women, and allegedly has a criminal past. Riley drinks alcohol from his backpack, before, during, and after meetings. He has threatened folks with physical violence and once bragged about committing a double shooting. (Said crime is still listed as unsolved by local police.–Editor) I guess he must be a great volunteer or do quite a bit for the Party, right? To justify defense of these actions? Nope, he has not done squat since being a member of local politics.
