An explosive civil lawsuit filed in Maricopa County Superior Court accuses Avondale City Councilwoman and Turning Point USA staffer Jeannette Garcia of sexually harassing a male subordinate at a post-election party last November, then kidnapping his 14-year-old daughter after he rejected her alleged advances.
The plaintiff, identified only as John Doe, claims Garcia, his direct supervisor at TPUSA, got heavily intoxicated at a Phoenix-area restaurant celebration and explicitly offered him a job in exchange for sex.
When he repeatedly rebuffed her, the suit says her behavior turned "more aggressive and explicit," forcing him to flee the venue just after midnight.
Forty-five minutes later, Doe arrived home to find his teenage daughter missing.
Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputies later informed him the girl was "safe" and in Garcia’s custody.
The lawsuit alleges Garcia and two other adults manipulated the 14-year-old girl by falsely claiming her father had been drinking and might become violent, then loaded her into Garcia’s vehicle without permission.
Doe says he reached an "extremely intoxicated" Garcia at 2:20 a.m.; she confirmed she had the his daughter but refused to return her until the grandmother tricked Garcia the next day by calling from an unknown number.
The teenager was eventually returned at a restaurant meet-up.
The father claims the ordeal left his daughter depressed, terrified to leave her room, and suffering declining grades and extracurricular participation.
Garcia faces no criminal charges.
The councilwoman, previously censured by Avondale for calling Tom Hanks a "pedo" on X, later claiming she meant the Spanish word for “fart”, issued a blistering denial.
Hey pedo .@tomhanks,
— Jeannette Garcia (@Jnet_margarita) February 17, 2025
Not ALL #MAGA hat wearing patriots are white.
In fact, most racism comes from the elite Democrats, you a** hole. pic.twitter.com/K8ek4g8ry8
"I am aware of the outrageous and false accusations being made about me," Garcia said in a statement to AzFamily.com. "Let me be very clear: these claims are untrue. I have never kidnapped anyone, never harmed anyone, and never solicited anything inappropriate, ever. The situation being referenced involved me helping a young girl. Anyone twisting an act of support into something malicious is spreading intentional misinformation. Again, these accusations are false. I am preparing to pursue legal action against those responsible for spreading these lies and for the damage they are attempting to cause to my reputation. I will not be intimidated, I will not be smeared, and I will not allow false allegations to define my name or my work."
The lawsuit is just getting underway, and we’ll continue to follow developments as they happen.
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