"The gay personal assistant allegedly tormented and driven to suicide by Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden's family stole money, jewelry, clothes, books and a pricey Disney pass from his boss - Wyden's wife, Strand bookstore owner Nancy Bass Wyden. Bass Wyden, 64, detailed $655,000 in alleged thefts by the former assistant, Branden O'Brien, in a Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit against O'Brien's husband, Thomas Maltezos."
"He even pilfered 37 books from The Strand, including Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species," Franz Kafka's "Metamorphosis" and Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Lost World," all in hardcover from The Folio Society and worth nearly $9,000, she said in the legal filing. O'Brien and Maltezos sold the items on Poshmark, she contended. The assistant even used Bass Wyden's Amazon Points to send himself more than $42,000 in gift cards, she alleged."
"O'Brien, who quit in September 2024, was under investigation by the NYPD but the probe was dropped when he killed himself in May at age 35. Maltezos has denied the theft allegations.And in his own legal filing accused Bass Wyden of allowing her young children to taunt O'Brien with homophobic and sexually explicit remarks and ruining his rep so he couldn't find another job."
Nancy Bass Wyden, 64, alleges former personal assistant Branden O'Brien stole $655,000 through thefts of money, jewelry, clothes, books and Amazon Points. Court papers claim O'Brien purchased $1,200 Christian Dior sneakers, paid nearly $1,700 for a Disney Incredi-pass, and took an emerald pendant belonging to Bass Wyden's mother. The filing asserts O'Brien pilfered 37 Folio Society hardcovers from The Strand and used Amazon Points to obtain more than $42,000 in gift cards, with some items sold on Poshmark with husband Thomas Maltezos. O'Brien quit in September 2024 and died by suicide in May while an NYPD probe was open. Maltezos denies the accusations and counters that children taunted O'Brien with homophobic and sexually explicit remarks, damaging his reputation.
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