Judge Andrew Napolitano 'forced' man into 'BDSM games,' lawsuit alleges
A second man has accused Fox News personality and former Judge Andrew Napolitano of sexual abuse, claiming the judge forced him to engage in strange BDSM sex games over the course of a number of years.
Napolitano, who faces another sexual abuse lawsuit filed earlier this month, categorically denied the new allegations, calling it a smear campaign.
The alleged victim, James Kruzelnick, claims in the suit filed in New Jersey state court that he met Napolitano while working as a waiter at the Mohawk House restaurant in Sparta, NJ, in 2014.
During one of his visits, Napolitano allegedly followed Kruzelnick into the bathroom at the restaurant and groped him, the suit states.
"Defendant Napolitano grabbed plaintiff's buttocks, and told him that 'you are just so hot,'" according to the suit.
Kruzelnick rebuffed him, but continued to speak with Napolitano and serve as his waiter because he believed he was a "brilliant" man, the suit states.
In September 2015, he agreed to meet Napolitano at his house — where the former judge allegedly coerced him into BDSM sex games.
As Kruzelnick was sitting in Napolitano's living room, the judge walked over to him with his pants down and said, "I am really into certain things," then sat on his lap.
"I want you to start slapping me really hard," Napolitano allegedly told Kruzelnick, demanding that he "just f—king do it!" when he was skeptical, the suit states.
The judge also allegedly agreed to help Kruzelnick's brother with his legal troubles if he continued to grant him sexual favors.
During this time, the judge allegedly came to the Mohawk House with a young man he identified as an intern from Fox News, where Napolitano works as a senior judicial analyst.
Kruzelnick, the intern and Napolitano went back to his house, where he was offered a drink, according to the complaint.
"He woke up hours later in Napolitano's bed, with blurred memories of engaging in a sexual threesome with Napolitano and the Fox News intern," the suit states.
During a final alleged encounter, Napolitano attempted to rape and force Kruzelnick to perform oral sex on him while the two were at his farm in 2017.
Kruzelnick is seeking at least $15 million in damages and a jury trial, according to the suit.
A lawyer for Napolitano said Monday's suit is "nothing more than a pile-on attempt to smear Judge Napolitano for their own financial gain. We will defeat these false allegations in court and look forward to exposing this continuing attempt to abuse our court system to smear a highly-respected former public servant."
Fox News did not immediately respond to request for comment.
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