Overview

• Thomas Maltezos sued in September alleging Nancy Bass Wyden’s children harassed his husband, Brandon O’Brien, and that inaction contributed to O’Brien’s May suicide.
• A February 28 administrative decision on O’Brien’s unemployment claim found “credible evidence” the children used homophobic slurs and that O’Brien quit after another such message, according to documents reported by the New York Post.
• The judge’s decision noted Bass Wyden admonished her son over the language and observed little dispute that the children, particularly the son, harassed O’Brien.
• Bass Wyden denies the lawsuit’s claims, asserts O’Brien was about to be fired for alleged theft, and cites an Oct. 1, 2024 NYPD report referenced in a filing to the FBI, though no police report has been publicly released and O’Brien was not charged.
• Her attorneys have moved to dismiss the case on standing grounds and to seal the filings, and Sen. Ron Wyden is not named as a defendant.