Oregon, My Oregon

PJM's Matt Margolis asks (rhetorically, of course) Why Is No One Talking About This Dem Senator’s Explosive Family Scandal?

An explosive lawsuit alleges that the children of Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) tormented their mother’s personal assistant so severely that he ultimately took his own life. 

Brandon O’Brien, 35, worked for Wyden’s wife, Nancy Bass Wyden, from June 2022 until September 2024. Court filings say O’Brien was “frequently tasked” with caring for the senator’s young kids, including chauffeuring them to school in New York City and even supervising them on family trips to Disney World. Instead of gratitude, the lawsuit claims, he endured relentless abuse from the children that drove him to suicide.

The New York Post has the details:

The disturbing behavior began in September 2022 when the couple’s then-10-year-old daughter allegedly exposed herself to O’Brien, making “sexually explicit” comments and asking about his “intimate life” during school drop-offs, O’Brien’s husband, Thomas Maltezos, alleged in court papers he filed against Bass Wyden and her company, Bass Real Estate LLC.

This is not normal behavior for children. Where did they learn such behaviors and attitudes from? And more importantly, why didn’t it stop? According to the New York Post, Wyden’s wife “allegedly did nothing about the behavior,” according to Maltezos.

Ron Wyden was a representative for parts of Portland from 1980 to 1996, when he was first elected to the Senate. He was pretty well know as an up and comer when we left Oregon in 1983. I hope this all isn't true, but, well, Portland.