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A former California mayor, Dominic Foppoli, has been ordered to pay $13 million collectively to seven women who accused him of sexual assault.
The jury decision came as he is still facing another sexual assault lawsuit by a famous realty TV star.
Dominic Foppoli, the former mayor of Windsor in Sonoma County, was found liable for the sexual assault of seven anonymous women in a civil trial.
More payments could be imposed, as a hearing is set for Tuesday to determine punitive damages.
"This is a huge victory for a lot of people, starting with the Jane Does," said plaintiffs' attorney Gina Fortino Dickson.
Foppoli was accused by multiple women of sexual assaults, many involving alcohol, in a 2021 expose by the San Francisco Chronicle.
The assaults alleged in the lawsuit spanned nearly two decades from 2001 to 2020, the women claimed.
Moreover, the Santa Rosa chapter of the Active 20-30 Club, an all-male charity social club of which Foppoli was a member, was also found liable and was ordered to pay $2 million to one of the women.
Foppoli resigned as mayor in May 2021, weeks after the allegations first surfaced.
Dominic Foppoli is yet to conclude Farrah Abraham case
The former mayor is still facing a separate civil lawsuit filed by reality TV star Farrah Abraham, who starred in the MTV reality television series 16 and Pregnant.
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In April 2021, Abraham filed a report with the Palm Beach Police Department alleging Foppoli drugged and raped her in Florida the previous month.
Abraham said she had been to a wine tasting event with Foppoli and had no memory of what happened afterward, but she allegedly provided police with photos and videos of the encounter.
The former mayor has disrupted her claims, and her civil case is expected to go to trial early next year.
