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Two Las Vegas GOP councilwomen, including a Trump-endorsed candidate for Nevada State Treasurer, were reprimanded over a fight at city hall that was caught on an apparently since-deleted video.
Victoria Seaman and Michele Fiore were both judged to have violated the city's code of conduct policy for the fight, which Seaman claims saw Fiore break Seaman's finger and attempt to throw her to the floor. Fiore denies the claims.
According to Seaman's lawsuit, 'Councilwoman Fiore grabbed Councilwoman Seaman by the hand pulling, jerking, twisting, and breaking Councilwoman Seaman's finger in a violent manner. Councilwoman Fiore attempted to throw Councilwoman Seaman to the floor by her hand.'
A 61-page report details the fracas, which took place January 11, 2021 and has since spurred Seaman to sue her fellow Republican lawmaker.
Both Seaman and Fiore previously served together in the Nevada State Assembly, while the Vegas City Council is a nonpartisan body, Fiore is the Republican nominee for Nevada Treasurer.
Two Las Vegas GOP councilwomen, including a Trump-endorsed candidate for Nevada State Treasurer Michele Fiore (pictured left), were reprimanded over a fight at city hall that was caught on an apparently since-deleted video
Victoria Seaman (pictured left) and Michele Fiore (pictured center) were both judged to have violated the city's code of conduct policy for the fight, which Seaman claims saw Fiore break Seaman's finger and attempt to throw her to the floor. Fiore denies the claims
Though the video was caught on surveillance cameras and shown to both combatants, it was later deleted after the city determined that the media's requests to see didn't merit its release.
The report attempted to determine the veracity of Seaman's claims and whether the video was deleted in a cover-up.
It found that Seaman's allegations were not substantiated and both women violated code of conduct, according to 8 News Now.
Seaman and Fiore previously were friends, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal but Fiore's rise to minor national fame led her to distance herself.
She said that Fiore became 'verbally abusive and increasingly hostile' and believed Fiore would 'say anything she could to intimidate' her but the investigator found no evidence of it, though the report notes 'tension between the two women.'
Seaman and Fiore previously were friends, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal but Fiore's rise to minor national fame led her to distance herself
Seaman said that Fiore became 'verbally abusive and increasingly hostile' and believed Fiore would 'say anything she could to intimidate' her but the investigator found no evidence of it, though the report notes 'tension between the two women.'
Seaman's claims say Fiore attacked her 'like an animal' but Fiore denies it and claims Seaman kicked her in the shin and said that only then did she pull Seaman by the hair to get her down to the floor.
The report says, 'Although Councilwoman Seaman alleges Councilwoman Fiore initiated and escalated the altercation, the evidence supports that she is the one who initiated and escalated the argument and altercation,' and notes that Seaman did not file a police report.
The report says that Seaman, Fiore and fellow city leaders watched the video and then it was saved onto a flash drive.
They add that 'the evidence does not support a coverup' and alleges that there were no pending public records requests when the video was deleted. They note that there was an attempt to save the video, but it failed.
The report ultimately states that it didn't matter who started the fight, that both were in violation of the city's code of conduct.
Seaman tweeted a statement saying, 'The report was total one hundred percent garbage. Think about this; you had the City of Las Vegas investigating itself. That’s like a bank robber investigating the robbery. The city needs to come clean & present video that has mysteriously disappeared. Where is the video? Who’s hiding from what? Until there is complete transparency in the City of LV, our legal team will keep moving forward. Let’s put everybody under oath & let the courts
