Sempra Says Investigating Employee Conduct
2009年9月10日 - 7:54AM
Dow Jones News
Sempra Energy (SRE) said Wednesday it is investigating the
conduct of an employee ensnared in a scandal linked to taped sex
comments made by a California lawmaker during a legislative
hearing.
State Assemblyman Mike Duvall, a Republican from Orange County,
resigned Wednesday after a Los Angeles television station aired a
videotape of sexual comments Duvall made to a colleague during a
legislative hearing in July. The report, by KCAL, said two women
with whom Duvall is quoted in the videotape saying he was having an
extra-marital affair, are lobbyists at the state capitol in
Sacramento, and that one of the women represented large utilities
including Sempra.
Duvall was vice chairman of the state Assembly Utilities and
Commerce Committee.
Sempra said in a statement that it "takes very seriously any
reports involving the conduct of our employees" and is
investigating the matter.
KCAL said it retrieved the videotape from the in-house
television station used by the state Legislature and that Duvall
made the comments apparently unaware that a microphone where he was
sitting was turned on.
- By Cassandra Sweet, Dow Jones Newswires; 415-439-6468;
cassandra.sweet@dowjones.com