The husband of embattled Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer has been banned from the department’s headquarters amid allegations he sexually assaulted at least two female staffers inside the building.
In one instance captured on office security cameras, Dr. Shawn DeRemer allegedly gave a woman an extended hug during work hours on Dec. 18, the New York Times reported on Thursday.
The video is being reviewed by authorities as part of a criminal investigation into the Portland-based anesthesiologist.
Sources familiar with the incident confirmed to The Post that DeRemer was barred from the building and that a report was filed with Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department.
DeRemer was banned the same week in late January that first lady Melania Trump’s documentary film “Melania” premiered at the Trump-Kennedy Center, according to sources familiar.
The police report, obtained by The Post, was made on Jan. 24 and notes the complainant reported “sexual contact against her will” at the Labor Department’s DC’s headquarters and that the incident is being investigated as a misdemeanor sexual abuse case.
The women came forward in January amid an Labor Department inspector general investigation into allegations of misconduct by Chavez-DeRemer and two of her top aides.
DeRemer, 57, was banned from the building after the women raised their concerns to the inspector general.
“If Mr. DeRemer attempts to enter, he is to be asked to leave,” read a building restriction notice viewed by the New York Times.
The Labor Department, DeRemer and a lawyer for Chavez-DeRemer did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The Post first reported in January that Chavez-DeRemer was under internal investigation amid claims she abused her position by pursuing an “inappropriate” relationship with a member of her security detail; drank in her office during the workday; and committing “travel fraud” by having her chief of staff and deputy chief of staff “make up” official trips to destinations where she could spend time with family or friends on the taxpayers’ dime.
An alleged outing to an Oregon strip club Chavez-DeRemer took with staff shortly after she was confirmed by the Senate is also under scrutiny.
The Senate Judiciary Committee has launched its own probe into the allegations.
Chavez-DeRemer’s security man, chief of staff Jihun Han and deputy chief of staff Rebecca Wright have all been placed on administrative leave.
