Pam Matranga, Galveston Constable, Sued For Alleged Sexual Harassment By James Gist

Pam Matranga was sued by a deputy for sexual harassment.

A Galveston County, Texas Constable is accused by a former employee of wildly inappropriate and crude acts including what one publication describes as "forced motorboating."

It's part of a sexual harassment lawsuit filed earlier this month against Pam Matranga by former deputy James Gist, the Houston Press reported.

Matranga walked up behind Gist, pulled her blouse over his head and pressed "her breasts against the head of Plaintiff," according to the lawsuit, in one of several graphic encounters that she allegedly instigated last year.

On another occasion, the suit claims Matranga, "began joking with plaintiff about attending 'chunky chick night' at strip clubs in the area where [she] would have the opportunity to perform. Defendant Matranga proceeded to lift one leg over the arm of plaintiff's chair and began making gyrating motions with her hips, while placing her hands at the top of plaintiff's chair, mimicking how a topless dancer would perform a lap dance at a strip club."

She also allegedly put a pack of cigarettes between her legs and told Gist, "Oh! I have the box right here in my box."

Matranga's office did not immediately return a call for comment from The Huffington Post, but she denied the accusations on her Facebook page and in an interview with the Galveston Daily News.

Matranga said the suit was filed in retaliation for not changing a legal document "in Gist's favor," the Constable's Facebook page says.

The politician also told the Daily News, “I’m a jester, I am not a girlie girl. I think a lot of things have been taken out of context.”

She told the paper that nothing she did was grounds for a sexual harassment suit.

For those who might be skeptical of Gist's allegations because he's a man, the former deputy had this to say to KPRC:

"The reality is it can happen to men as well as it can happen to women."

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Comments

[Pam Matranga]

01:51 AM on 05/13/2012

Thanks

[haywoodjublomei]

12:02 PM on 05/14/2012

i wanna be motorboated

[William Yap]

02:48 AM on 05/11/2012

I doubt the accusation of deputy constable Gist. First is he a real man, who can protect and depend himself from anyone who is going to lift her shirt and commit sexual advancement on him, my answer COME ON DEPUTY CONSTABLE GIST, you must be sleeping in your chair and you cannot notice anyone walking from behind of you. Deputy Gist, what is your real purpose, seek justice or seeking revenge and demanding monetary consideration. You are not only a sucker but crooked cop as well, BE A MAN WITH DIGNITY AND INTEGRITY.

[kellygreen]

01:09 PM on 05/11/2012

The point is that no one should be behaivng on the job as this woman is alleged to have done.

..and things aren't as simple as you characterize if that female is your supervisor and has the ability to retaliate against you if you "protect" yourself. Or worse, accuse her victim of being the aggressor, if there are no other witnesses to her behavior.

Harrassment like this is not about the sex. It is about the abuse of power, in an effort to control someone else.

[George McCasland]

10:00 PM on 05/11/2012

A man cannot protect himself as he can than be arrested for harassing her, just as male victims of domestic violence in Texas cannot complain.

[perturbedintexas]

08:07 PM on 05/09/2012

My baby's got a motor, on her big bad boat
My baby's got a motor, on her big bad boat
Come on baby, make this little thang float

[valley boy]

03:45 PM on 05/09/2012

Taken out of cuntext?

[rexy640421]

02:56 PM on 05/09/2012

GMILF.

Awwww snap!

[Ondine LeMoth]

01:01 PM on 05/09/2012

MEGA MOO MOTORBOATING....gross

[Justthefacts425]

12:46 PM on 05/09/2012

Why do people do this stuff at work? If you are freaky....and there is nothing wrong with that.....go to Craigs List.....you can find ANYTHING on Craigs List.....come on people

[Brandon Michael Barrett]

10:09 AM on 05/09/2012

Thats funny

[Johnny3021]

09:30 AM on 05/09/2012

Moterboating Matranga!

[raging cynic]

07:38 AM on 05/09/2012

I didn't know Mimi from the Drew Carey show was a constable.
Whodathought?

[Jack Davies]

06:49 AM on 05/09/2012

I think *every* precinct needs a constable like this on hand at the station to remind all the male cops what it feels like to be coerced and molested. Not saying all cops are bad by any means, but there's enough bad ones to where I'd vote for it....

[jonathonz]

12:30 AM on 05/09/2012

She looks EXACTLY like the blond floozie in the Paul Cadmus painting of sailors on leave.

[DJspapa1]

09:53 PM on 05/08/2012

She's not a "girlie girl." I can tell that from where I am at this moment...

[sacmom3]

06:21 PM on 05/08/2012

She reminds me of the character Melissa McCarthy played on SNL that had a crush on her coworker.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/284925/saturday-night-live-arlene

[Anybodyseenthepopos]

05:39 PM on 05/08/2012

No thank you.