Court of Common Pleas of Ohio.
Cuyahoga County
Robin CUPEDRO-SACCANY and Theodore J. Saccany, Plaintiffs,
v.
Thomas D. GANLEY, Defendant.
No. CV 10 737994.
September 30, 2010
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23. At this second meeting at Ganley's office, Mrs. Saccany again discussed the Bible and how important the issue of abortion was to her, and told Ganley that is why she volunteered to work on his Senate campaign, because of his Pro-Life and pro-family values positions.
24. At that meeting Mrs. Saccany asked Ganley about the job with his dealerships that he had discussed with her and told him that she really needed a job to help support her family. Ganley again told her that he would help find her a job with his dealerships.
29. Later Ganley called Mrs. Saccany and asked how her van was running. Mrs. Saccany told him not that well, and that she was having problems with the power steering. Ganley then told her to bring it in for him to look at. She told him that she had no money to pay for such a repair. Ganley told her that was no big deal and that he would have his service department fix it free of charge; and that he would just write it off. Mrs. Saccany was thrilled at what she perceived as a Christian act of Charity.
30. Ganley later called Mrs. Saccany four (4) times on July 30 and July 31, 2009, as the telephone records demonstrate, and told her to bring her van to his service department that Saturday August 1, 2009, and then to come upstairs to his personal office for their third and final meeting.
31. Mrs. Saccany first took her car to the service department at Ganley Chevrolet. When Mrs. Saccany went upstairs into Ganley's office, the smell of cologne was over powering, and as Mrs. Saccany walked into his office Ganley sprayed breathe freshener into his mouth.
32. Ganley asked Mrs. Saccany if the van was in the service department and she said yes. Then Ganley started the “Fun” talk again. Ganley told her that he had a condo in Strongsville where he would like to take Mrs. Saccany to have some “Fun”. Ganley then told Mrs. Saccany that he has a group of people that he “plays” with. At this point Mrs. Saccany was in shock.
34. Ganley then pushed a $100 bill across his desk toward Mrs. Saccany and told her that she should purchase some high heels, a thong, and some lingerie, so she could play along with him and his friends. Mrs. Saccany was speechless and shocked beyond words.
35. Ganley told Mrs. Saccany that he wanted her to be “submissive” to him, and that he wanted to “dominate” Mrs. Saccany and parade her around on a leash while his other “play” friends watched.
36. Mrs. Saccany told him several times that she did not want to be involved with something like that; but he continued his pitch.
39. It flashed through Mrs. Saccany's mind at that time, that this guy is the head of Crime Stoppers in Cleveland; who is going to believe me?
41. Ganley breathing heavily continued to grope Mrs. Saccany and told her that he wanted to have sex with her and have others watch. That made Mrs. Saccany sick and was so over the top offensive to her, that she was in shock and did not know how to respond; but continued to resist.
42. Ganley told her that he wanted her to be submissive, and if she did not make up her mind quickly about “playing” with him, that she was replaceable, because there were others who would love to play that role.
43. Ganley then started pulling Mrs. Saccany into the bathroom in an attempt to rape her as she struggled with him and resisted. Ganley attempted to force Mrs. Saccany into the bathroom and rubbed her crotch and then stuck his hand down the front of her pants attempting to penetrate her vagina. Ganley was moaning, making noises, and he had a contorted and disgusting look on his face.
44. Mrs. Saccany felt even worse, because these actions made her vividly recall the fear, disgust, and shame that she had experienced when she was sexually abused as a nine year old by her step father. Her old wounds were ripped open. Mrs. Saccany's stepfather, as stated above, was charged and jailed for sexually assaulting her when she was nine years old. Here she was a target again.
45. Ganley continued to moan and groan and told Mrs. Saccany that he “wanted to lick her _____”, as she continued to resist.
46. Mrs. Saccany as a last resort told Ganley that she was menstruating in hope that he would stop his sexual assault. When she stated that, Ganley stopped his physical sexual assault; but continued his lewd and disgusting talk.
47. Mrs. Saccany was repulsed by Ganley's actions which reminded her of her step father sexually assaulting her, since there was a similar age disparity between her and both men. Mrs. Saccany was previously sexually assaulted by her step-father, who was approximately thirty (30) years older than her, when she was nine (9) years old. Mrs. Saccany was an extremely vulnerable victim to Ganley.
48. Shortly thereafter the man from the service department called and said that her van was done. Ganley assured Mrs. Saccany that there would be no charges for the work that his company had done on her van, and that he would just write it off. He insisted that she take the $100 bill that he had given her, and Mrs. Saccany then left.