Politics | Eric Massa sexual harrassment Massa Faces Sex Harassment Suit From Aide He Paid $40K Sketchy payout came day after resignation By Polly Davis Doig Posted Apr 17, 2010 8:48 AM CDT Copied This Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008 picture shows Eric Massa, former congressman for New York's 29th Congressional District in Rochester. (AP Photo/David Duprey) It's not a good time to be Eric Massa. The former New York congressman is facing a sex harassment complaint from his male former chief of staff—who took a sketchy $40,000 payout from Massa the day after his resignation, reports the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Massa cut the check March 4 for "campaign management;" sources tell the Washington Post that they weren't aware Joseph Racalto was working Massa's campaign. Racalto's attorney acknowledged yesterday that he filed the complaint March 23; it is at least the second Massa faces. Read These Next Big Bang Theory star reveals his 'masked vigilante thing.' FCC now sets its sights on The View. Patrick Dempsey, Shonda Rhimes pay tribute to Eric Dane. Dentist allegedly carried out procedure on child while drunk. Report an error