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Don't Even Try It

San Diego’s U.S. Attorney Robert Brewer on Monday warned landlords not to “demand sexual favors from cash-strapped tenants who can’t pay rent due to Covid-19,” calling it “not only despicable — <strong><a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Dont-Even-Try.pdf">it is illegal</a></strong>.”</p>

SAN DIEGO — U.S. Attorney Robert Brewer warned San Diego landlords on Monday not to “demand sexual favors from cash-strapped tenants who can’t pay rent due to Covid-19,” calling it “not only despicable — it is illegal.”

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