Avondale, AZ (AZFamily) – An unusual legal battle is underway in the West Valley. Avondale City Council member Janet Garcia is accused of propositioning a man and kidnapping her 14-year-old daughter after she refused.
There are no criminal charges involved.
The father and his daughter filed the lawsuit anonymously on November 14 under the aliases Father John Doe and Minor Jane Doe.
According to the lawsuit, the alleged incident occurred last November when Garcia was on the council and an employee of Turning Point USA.
Father John Doe reportedly worked for Garcia’s team for TPUSA.
He said colleagues had gone out to dinner to celebrate the election.
Garcia is accused of “commenting, inviting and suggesting” Father John Doe have sex and offering him employment with TPUSA if he agreed.
The lawsuit says Garcia became “more aggressive and outspoken” due to his “excessive alcohol consumption,” which forced Father John Doe to leave the restaurant.
When he reached home at night, his daughter was not there.
MCSO deputies reportedly came to his door and told Father John Doe that his daughter was “safe” and with Garcia.
She alleged that Garcia “decided to take her daughter from their home without her permission” and claimed that Garcia “manipulated” her daughter by telling her he was worried her father would become violent after drinking that night.
The lawsuit claims that Garcia and other TPUSA employees were intoxicated when they picked up Miner Jane Doe, who allegedly did not return home until 12 hours later.
Janet Garcia responded to Arizona’s family with a statement.
“I am aware of the defamatory and false allegations being made about me. Let me be clear: these claims are false. I have never kidnapped anyone, never harmed anyone, and have never demanded anything inappropriate.
The situation being mentioned involves helping a young girl. Anyone turning an act of support into something malicious is intentionally spreading misinformation.
Again, these allegations are false. I am preparing to take legal action against those responsible for spreading these lies and the damage they are trying to do to my reputation.
I will not be intimidated, I will not be defamed and I will not let my name or work be defined by false allegations.
Arizona’s family reached out to attorneys for the plaintiffs, Turning Point USA and other defendants in the lawsuit. We have not received any comments.
This is not the first time Garcia has been accused of bad behavior.
In February, Garcia made headlines after posting “Hey pedo @TomHanks” on X, formerly known as Twitter.
“Pedo” is a short term for pedophile, and it’s a Q-Anon conspiracy about a popular actor.
Garcia later posted on X to clarify that he meant “pedo,” the Spanish word for fart.
He addressed the scandal at a city council meeting, saying, “You misunderstood my statement. But the biggest part of my statement was about racism.”
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