NEW YORK — Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks his mind and that is a big part of his cachet in anything-goes New York.
But new details from a sexual harassment lawsuit he settled in 2000 and other racy comments over the years show how his blunt style could prove a liability if he runs for president as an independent.
Before his election as mayor in 2001, Bloomberg was the target of a sexual harassment suit by a female executive who accused him of making repeated raunchy sexual comments while he was chief executive of his financial company, Bloomberg LP.
Among the allegations in the complaint:
_Bloomberg asked the woman who sued if she was giving her boyfriend "good" oral sex.
_He said "I’d like to do that" and "That’s a great piece of a–" to describe women in the office.
_When he found out the woman was pregnant, he told her "Kill it!" and said "Great! Number 16!" _ an apparent reference to the number of women in the company who were pregnant or had maternity-related status.
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