Dababneh

Filed 10/1/21 Dababneh v. Lopez CA3

NOT TO BE PUBLISHED

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

(Sacramento) ----

MATTHEW DABABNEH, C088848

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. 34-2018- 00238699-CU-DF-GDS) v.

PAMELA LOPEZ,

Defendant and Appellant.

In a letter complaint to the chair of the California Assembly Rules Committee, Pamela Lopez reported that Assembly member Matthew Dababneh pushed her into a bathroom at a 2016 party in Las Vegas, blocked the door, and masturbated while urging her to touch him. On the same day she mailed the letter, Lopez called a press conference to announce that she had submitted the complaint to the Assembly, described the incident and stated that she had spoken to friends privately about it at…