Lorena Gonzalez doesn’t let sleeping DUIs lie.
The highly effective California labor boss and former Democratic lawmaker jumped again right into a scandal that ended her husband Nathan Fletcher’s political profession, taking to Instagram on Wednesday to torch the girl who accused him of sexual assault and harassment after studying she is now dealing with a pending DUI case.
“Stunning. 😳 really not surprising in any respect,” wrote Gonzalez, who’s president of the California Federation of Labor Unions.
“Apparently Grecia Figueroa was arrested in December. She has an upcoming prison trial in July.”
Gonzalez added, “Karma.”
Figueroa, a former Metropolitan Transit System worker, sued Fletcher in 2023 for sexual harassment, sexual assault and retaliation — allegations that preceded the once-rising San Diego Democrat’s resignation from the county Board of Supervisors.
Fletcher admitted to what he described as consensual encounters with Figueroa however denied assault and retaliation allegations.
The prison case includes two misdemeanor DUI expenses tied to a Sept. 13, 2025, incident, ABC 10News reported. Courtroom information reviewed by the station present Figueroa was charged with driving inebriated and driving with a blood alcohol stage above the authorized restrict of 0.08%.
Figueroa informed ABC 10News the case is being dropped, however a spokesperson for the San Diego Metropolis Legal professional’s Workplace informed the station the case has not been dismissed and stays set for trial in July.
Gonzalez, who famously tweeted “F— Elon Musk” and ripped disgraced ex-congressman Eric Swalwell after allegations of rape and sexual assault, declined to remark when contacted by The Put up, saying her Instagram submit on the matter lined her ideas.
Fletcher, a Marine veteran and former Republican-turned-Democrat, served on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors and chaired the board of the Metropolitan Transit System, the regional transit company the place Figueroa labored. Additionally a former state assemblyman, he was operating for state Senate when he abruptly suspended his marketing campaign and introduced he was looking for therapy for post-traumatic stress, trauma and alcohol abuse.
Days later, Figueroa filed her lawsuit accusing Fletcher of sexual harassment, sexual assault and retaliation. Fletcher resigned from the county board quickly after.
Gonzalez’s Instagram submit went far past noting the pending prison case.
“This girl has confirmed herself a compulsive liar over and over,” Gonzalez wrote.
She accused Figueroa of falsely accusing Fletcher of assault after he “wouldn’t give in to her sexual advances,” attempting to spoil his profession after she was fired, exploiting relationships with San Diego political reporters and coordinating with Fletcher’s political opponents.
Gonzalez additionally accused Figueroa of mendacity in courtroom filings, committing perjury in depositions and destroying proof earlier than her lawsuit in opposition to Fletcher was dismissed.
“My husband won’t ever totally get his popularity again for the defamation she induced,” Gonzalez wrote. “However, the media ought to determine the best way to acknowledge that they had been taken for a journey. The injury she has finished to actual victims is immeasurable.”
Figueroa’s lawsuit was dismissed final yr after a choose discovered she had deleted or failed to show over proof to Fletcher’s protection staff.
ABC 10News reported that courtroom paperwork confirmed Figueroa had despatched Fletcher messages together with “lacking your lips,” referred to as him “little daddy” in Spanish and despatched him an audio message she later requested him to delete.
An outdoor investigation commissioned by MTS discovered company officers didn’t find out about a private relationship between Fletcher and Figueroa earlier than she was fired and concluded Fletcher had no function in her termination, ABC 10News reported. The report didn’t decide whether or not the connection was consensual or whether or not harassment or assault occurred.
SanDiegoVille reported that Figueroa accused Gonzalez of utilizing her public platform to unfold false claims.
“Lorena Gonzalez is once more utilizing her official accounts to unfold lies about me, now falsely accusing me of theft,” Figueroa informed SanDiegoVille in an announcement.
“That’s COMPLETELY false. I’ve NEVER been arrested for theft or dedicated any such act.”
The brand new public spat follows a separate authorized criticism Figueroa filed in opposition to Gonzalez final yr.
Voice of San Diego reported in September 2025 that Figueroa sought a civil harassment restraining order in opposition to Gonzalez, accusing her of “sadistic and malicious harassment” and claiming Gonzalez had an “obsessive fixation” geared toward disrupting her life.
A choose denied Figueroa’s request for a brief restraining order and set a listening to, based on Voice of San Diego. Figueroa sought to forestall Gonzalez from contacting her, referencing her on-line and pressure her to take away — however not delete — earlier public posts about her.
Gonzalez pushed again on the time, accusing Figueroa of pursuing her husband and mendacity about each of them.
“This girl aggressively sought out my husband for years, bragged about desirous to wreck our marriage so she might have him, lied about him and me in a collection of now discredited lawsuits with the particular acknowledged intention to spoil his profession and popularity, trigger me hurt and bankrupt our household,” Gonzalez stated in an announcement reported by Voice of San Diego.
She added that Figueroa “continues to attempt to manipulate the media in a sample of harassment that can be dismissed as false and improper like every part else she has finished.”
