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Attorney Tracy L. Wilkison said in a statement. Ridley-Thomas' City Council press office did not immediately return a request for comment Wednesday night. Online federal court records did not show an attorney for him. Flynn has not been employed with USC since September , they said. She was named dean of the school in and was removed in before she resigned, the indictment said. Ridley-Thomas' relative is not named in the indictment, which says the relative was a member of the state Assembly from to Dec.

Ridley-Thomas' son Sebastian was a state assemblyman during those years and announced his resignation in December , citing health reasons. The indictment says that the relative was the subject of an internal sexual harassment investigation and that Ridley-Thomas and the relative knew he would likely have to step down. Accounting for the reality that the relative would need to new job, Ridley Thomas is alleged to have contacted Flynn about attending graduate school.

At the time, the university's social work school faced a multimillion-dollar budget deficit, the indictment says. Ridley-Thomas and Flynn have agreed to appear for an arraignment at federal court in the coming weeks, prosecutors said. The count indictment accuses Ridley-Thomas, 66, of "supporting county contracts and lucrative contract amendments with the university" in exchange for benefits for a relative in and , the Justice Department said.

Each is charged with one count of conspiracy, bribery, two counts of "honest services" mail fraud and 15 counts of "honest services" wire fraud. At the end of the letter, he said he looks forward to "resuming my participation at the earliest appropriate time. Last week, the councilman said he intended to continue working, including focusing on the city's expanding homeless population and housing shortage.

They have stated that the charges that have been brought against him have nothing to do with his time on the L. City Council. During the suspension, the city will not pay Ridley-Thomas as a City Councilman. Duly elected councilmembers cannot be removed from their position, but they can be suspended without pay, which L.

Controller Ron Galperin has promised to do if Ridley-Thomas was suspended. Eleven members of this council have stripped the constituents of the 10th District of their representation, of their voice and of their right to the services that they deserve.