Former Rev. Jesse Jackson Employee Puts Civil Rights Leader on Blast
Friday, April 15th, 2011
A former employee of Reverend Jesse Jackson is making some shocking allegations against his ex-boss after he says he was fired from Jackson’s Rainbow PUSH Coalition for being gay. 55-year-old Tommy R. Bennett has since filed a discrimination complaint with Chicago’s Commission on Human Relations, saying Jackson forced him to perform “uncomfortable” tasks, including escorting various women to hotel rooms to meet Jackson for sex.
Here’s what Tommy Bennett had to say:
“I did everything from escorting women to and from Jackson’s hotel room and cleaning up after sexual intercourse, to fetching erectile dysfunctional pills for Jackson and, in one instance, I was asked to apply ointment to a rash on Jackson’s inner thigh.
I would of never apply (sic) for a job to pack his clothes, clean up the hotel room after he met different folks there, buy his underclothes. But I tried my best because I loved serving my community, and before my feelings, I put my community first.”










