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Mayor Norquist's version of his relationship with Marilyn Figueroa
Presented March 23, 2001
From: Anne B. Shindell -- Shindell Law Firm, LLC
To: Pamela A. Muelemans -- Equal Rights Division


The sexual relationship between Ms. Figueroa and Mr. Norquist began in November 1994. The relationship was initiated by Ms. Figueroa, who invited Mr. Norquist to her home and drove him there in her car. Mr. Norquist said at the outset that the relationship would not lead to anything permanent and Ms. Figueroa said that was fine, that the relationship was not serious but just "fun." Their contact was infrequent, and Ms. Figueroa complained that Mr. Norquist did not see her more often and that he declined to spend an entire night with her. The relationship ended in November 1999.

When Ms. Figueroa purchased a home on Pine Street, she asked Mr. Norquist to contribute to the down payment so that it would be in her words "our home." After she purchased it, she informed Mr. Norquist that she had her brother build a fence in the back yard so that she and Mr. Norquist could sit together.

In September of 1997, when Mr. Norquist and Ms. Figueroa were together in Chicago, she gave him a gift of hand sewn clothing which she said that she had made herself.

In the fall of 1999, Ms. Figueroa invited Mr. Norquist to Puerto Rico to see where she lived and to meet her relatives living there.

Ms. Figueroa did say on one occasion, in October 1999, that she wanted to end the relationship because she felt betrayed -- that she loved Mr. Norquist but he had betrayed her by not helping her win promotions or advancements in city government that she perceived would result from the relationship. Mr. Norquist agreed to end the relationship. She left in anger. This conversation took place at Mr. Norquist's home, where Ms. Figueroa came after requesting a meeting with him.

Subsequently, at a public event two or three weeks later, Ms. Figueroa pressed her body against Mr. Norquist, stood near him, and said that she really wanted to see him again. She called him later that night at his home and came to his house, where they had a consensual sexual encounter.

Two weeks later, she invited Mr. Norquist to her home in the morning, and greeted him in a negligee. After that sexual encounter, she again stated that she wanted to see Mr. Norquist. She invited him to her home for Thanksgiving with her family, but he declined.

In their last meeting, on November 29, 1999, Ms. Figueroa came to Mr. Norquist's home to pick him up and drove him to her home. Ms. Figueroa accepted the gift of a bracelet from Mr. Norquist, which he had purchased that day, and gave him a gift of massage oil and administered a back massage with the oil. Afterward, Ms. Figueroa drove Mr. Norquist back to his home.

In a telephone conversation a few days later, Ms. Figueroa said that she did not want to continue the relationship. Mr. Norquist agreed and the relationship ended.