GOP Strategist Who Accused Schlapp Is Hit With Sex Assault Claim

A GOP strategist who accused CPAC leader Matt Schlapp of sexual misconduct and defamation in January is himself now the target of a sexual battery claim—though charges were never filed and he tells The Daily Beast a recording exists that clears his name.

Carlton Huffman, 39, is the man at the center of the allegations, with a judge recently ruling that he must stay away from a former housemate in Raleigh, North Carolina, for one year after she claimed Huffman performed unwanted sex acts on her and another woman, according to court documents reviewed by The Daily Beast.

The woman claimed the assault happened overnight on Valentine’s Day, which was just the second day Huffman’s accuser, a 19-year-old woman, had lived with him in a Raleigh apartment.

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