DEVELOPING STORY: “Last year, I made a terrible mistake engaging in consensual interactions with someone outside my marriage,' Fletcher said in a statement.
SAN DIEGO — San Diego County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher is responding to lawsuit filed by a woman who he admitted to having"consensual interactions with."
In a statement released Wednesday, Fletcher said “Last year, I made a terrible mistake engaging in consensual interactions with someone outside my marriage. I made clear it could not continue or advance and desperately hoped I could leave this mistake in my past. However, this individual and an attorney demanded millions of dollars from me and my family with the threat of not only embarrassment but a willingness to lie about the circumstances and nature of the interactions.
"I have not done the things they are alleging, but I did violate the basic trust and loyalty of my marriage and set a terrible example for our children. Lorena and I have already started to work through this, and that work must continue after I complete treatment for trauma and alcohol abuse. My wife has done nothing but love me completely and without reservation and the blame for allowing myself to be in this situation rests entirely on my shoulders.
Fletcher's attorney, Danielle Hultenius Moore, says the allegations in the lawsuit, which were not disclosed in the statement, are false. “My client and his wife have been facing an attempt by a former colleague to obtain millions of dollars. We have asked the authorities to investigate these efforts and are pursuing our own legal response. The allegations are false and are designed to drive headlines and not tell the truth. It is also notable that they only include one side of the communications. The simple truth is that Ms. Figueroa pursued my client, their interactions were consensual and Mr.
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