Billionaire Dem Donor Who Turned on the Party After Swalwell Allegations Gets Arrested

The billionaire timeshare kingpin who suddenly ditched former Rep. Eric Swalwell and booted him from his California mansion over sexual misconduct allegations was arrested Tuesday. 

Stephen Cloobeck, the founder of Diamond Resorts International, turned himself in to the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department in West Hollywood. He faces a felony charge of attempting to prevent or dissuade a victim or witness from testifying, the California Post reported.

Details on exactly what went down remain fuzzy. He posted $300,000 bail and walked out, per jail records. Fox News Digital asked the sheriff's department and Cloobeck himself for comment. 

"These charges are false, and we look forward to our day in court," a spokesperson for Cloobeck told the newspaper.

Cloobeck, a former gubernatorial candidate, had been backing Swalwell's run for California governor until the sexual assault claims surfaced. That was enough for him to bail on his old pal and the entire Democratic Party.

"I am no longer supporting Eric. F---ing tell everyone I’m a libertarian. F--- you, Democratic Party. I’m a libertarian now," Cloobeck told the Post at the time.

"I am now a Republican," he added to Fox 11 LA.

Swalwell has denied the claims against him in a video filmed inside Cloobeck's home. At the time, Cloobeck, who briefly ran for governor before dropping out and endorsing his former friend, said he kicked Swalwell out of his Beverly Hills mansion, stating that Swalwell "busted the trust" between them.

"I am no longer associated with a man that takes advantage of women," Cloobeck told reporters. "I support women’s rights."

Even in the clown world of California politics, this one has some extra layers of delicious irony. A big-money Dem donor finally sees the light, flips the bird to the party, and now finds himself in legal hot water. Hollywood could not script this stuff any better.

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Freedom of Speech but not Freedom of Association?

Milo Yiannopoulos, the gay conservative provocateur plans to sue Simon & Schuster for $10 million because they decided not to go ahead and publish his book, Dangerous.  

Yiannopoulos made a remark in 2016 which appeared to endorse gay sex between 13-year-old boys and adult men. It was then that the publisher decided he was too volatile and that it would be a wise business decision not to publish his book--that's their right and they are under no obligation to go beyond the $250,000 cash advance.

"I am suing Simon & Schuster for $10 million," Yiannopoulos said in a livestream promoting Milo Inc., his new venture. "I want to send them a message that they can never again do this to a libertarian or a conservative."

Interesting how he wants to force Simon & Schuster to publish his (symbolic) "gay wedding cake" which goes against the free trade and free association philosophy he pretends to espouse as a conservative/libertarian.

Yiannopoulos lost a primo speaking event  at CPAC over the pederasty statement but he announced last month that he raised $12 million for his new business venture and plans to publish his book through his own label, called Dangerous Books. 

He also plans to begin a new nationwide college tour he calls "Troll Academy." 

I stand behind the publisher's right not to take him on as a client, but I believe the advance he received is his. 

Finally, Milo now refers to Simon & Schuster as a leftist organization, but let's remember, he was going to have them publish his book and they agreed to it, so how far left are they really?

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