More George Santos Allegations Surface: Theft of Money, Jewels

New allegations have emerged that openly gay Republican Rep. George Santos stole money, jewels, clothing, and checks from people he shared living space with across a number of years, LGBTQ Nation reports.

In an article that reads like a clearinghouse for petty (and not-so-petty) crime, LGBTQ Nation assembled an array of accusations that former roommates and hosts who took Santos under their roofs have come forward with.

The New York Post recounted that "a Brazilian homemaker" named Adriana Damasceno went on the air with Globo program "O Fantastico" to say that in 2011 "she accompanied Santos on a trip to the US where he allegedly drained thousands from her bank account on a shopping spree."

Calling Santos "dangerous," Damasceno claimed that the theft of her money left her unable to keep her home; the Post reported that she now resides in "a shantytown."

Damasceno also accused Santos of duping her into believing that he would keep her jewelry safe during a time when she shared an apartment with him and his then-boyfriend, LGBTQ Nation detailed. But when she left that living arrangement, she claimed, Santos never returned the jewelry.

As previously reported, the boyfriend Santos was living with at the time told the press that he believes Santos stole his phone. That boyfriend broke it off with Santos, LGBTQ Nation detailed, "after he discovered that, while living in Brazil, Santos had confessed to stealing and illegally cashing the checks of a man his mom used to take care of."

That episode of alleged check-stealing is not the only one. In another roundup of Santos' alleged misdeeds, UK newspaper The Independent reported that two roommates Santos once shared space with, Gregory Morey-Parker and Yasser Rabello, "texted each other about the things they believed the scandal-plagued congressman to have stolen, such as a $520 Burberry scarf and a $500 Armani shirt" in texts in which they referred to Santos as "Anthony" – a known alias for the disgraced congressman.

"Morey-Parker also suspected Santos of stealing three checks out of his E*Trade checkbook and trying to cash them for $10,000 each," LGBTQ Nation noted.

Though some Republican officials have called for Santos to resign – and the chairman of the Nassau County committee, Joseph Cairo Jr., went so far as to say Santos had "duped" the party – the GOP's national leadership has largely turned a blind eye, with Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy saying that he would not ask for Santos to step down.

That doesn't mean Santos won't eventually face censure or other consequences; among the other allegations, questions have arisen as to whether Santos broke campaign finance laws.

If so, Santos might even be expelled from Congress. Forbes reported over the weekend that House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer, a Republican, said during an appearance on CNN's "State of the Union" spoke out against Santos' "despicable lies." Calling the congressman a "bad guy," Comer vowed that Santos will be subjected to a "strict ethics investigation" around the question of whether he violated campaign finance laws.

Meantime, "Santos' fellow lawmakers could choose to expel him from the House," Forbes noted, "but such a move would require support from two-thirds of the House, making it highly unlikely in a chamber narrowly controlled by Republicans."