Republican Rep. Blake Farenthold of Texas used $84,000 in taxpayer money from an obscure government account to settle a harassment claim brought against him by his former spokeswoman. The sum became the subject of speculation after GOP Rep. Gregg Harper of Mississippi revealed in a private meeting that only one sitting member of Congress had used the Office of Compliance account to settle a sexual harassment claim. Politico writes:

Lauren Greene, the Texas Republican’s former communications director, sued her boss in December 2014 over allegations of gender discrimination, sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment.

Greene claimed in the lawsuit that another Farenthold aide told her the lawmaker had “sexual fantasies” and “wet dreams” about Greene. She also claimed that Farenthold “regularly drank to excess” and told her in February 2014 that he was “estranged from his wife and had not had sex with her in years.”

When she complained about comments Farenthold and a male staffer made to her, Greene said the congressman improperly fired her. She filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia, but the case was later dropped after both parties reached a private settlement.

Farenthold released a statement saying he could “neither confirm nor deny” the report because he was prohibited from doing so by the Congressional Accountability Act (sounds like that’s a bit of a misnomer.)

Greene worked as a Farenthold staffer for 18 months. Her lawyer wouldn’t confirm Greene was the $84,000 recipient either, but did give Politico access to a joint statement the two penned but never actually released following a settlement they came to.