By John Raspante
Last week, the WAM 3 Communicator covered the controversy
regarding Joliet City Councilman Don “Duck” Dickinson’s nude photos. The
councilman filed a police report two weeks ago claiming that Mayor Bob O’Dekirk
was blackmailing him over nude photos that Dickinson claimed he was exchanging with
another consenting adult. The police report listed Joliet Park Board member
Jennifer Jobe-Gavin as the consenting woman, and she has now come out to deny
that claim.
On Tuesday November 10, Jobe-Gavin issued a news release denouncing
Dickinson’s actions and threatening to sue him:
“The libelous and malicious statements made by Councilman
Dickinson in thus said article, which have been subsequently reported by other
various media outlets and online by Suzanna Christine Ibarra, Will County
Progressives Chairwoman, have defamed Jobe-Gavin and caused her intentional infliction
of emotional distress personally, in her community, professionally as a woman
and an elected public official,” Jobe-Gavin said in the statement.
She continued to go on and say, “Councilman-at-Large Don 'Duck' Dickinson knowingly, recklessly, maliciously made false and slanderous
statements regarding Jennifer Jobe-Gavin as the person that received nude pictures
of Councilman Dickinson and had since allowed them to fall into the wrong hands,
in addition to other maleficent assertions.”
“On July 3, 2020, Jobe-Gavin informed Councilman
Dickinson that she was withdrawing her endorsement for his re-election bid for councilman-at-large
for the April 2021 elections,” the statement continued. “In her capacity and
role as a sworn-in elected official, she has never had an intimate relationship
with Councilman Dickinson.”
In September, “Duck” Dickinson announced he was not going
to seek re-election for a second four-tear term of office on the Joliet City
Council. Besides being an at-large councilman. Dickinson has a full-time job as
a maintenance employee for the Joliet Park Board.
Jennifer Jobe-Gavin is currently trying to find a lawyer to
take her case, which is a pretty big decision and should not be taken lightly.
In her statement, Jobe-Gavin concluded that, “Due to the malicious actions of The
City of Joliet Councilman-at-Large Don 'Duck' Dickinson have left her with no
other options but to move forward with litigious actions against said
individuals.”
Image courtesy of Eric Ginnard.
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