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Vicki Gunvalson is dating someone new, but already, her new man has faced some shocking allegations.
Following a highly controversial relationship with Brooks Ayers, which seems to be continuing into the 11th season of The Real Housewives of Orange County, Gunvalson's new man has been accused of using a fake name to ‘mislead’ voters in an election.
"Elector Cynthia Ward sued Steven Lodge for changing his name to Steve Chavez Lodge on ballots while running for Anaheim City Council in August 2012," Radar Online reported on Thursday.
“Lodge has requested that his name appear on the ballot as ‘Steve Chavez Lodge,'” the filing read. “This is not his legal name. Nor is that the same under which he is registered to vote or the name under which he owns property. Rather, the use of the middle name ‘Chavez’ appears to have been adopted recently for political purposes.... Accordingly, Lodge’s proposed use of the name ‘Steve Chavez Lodge’ on the ballot is false and misleading."
Ward also asked Lodge’s profession of “retired policeman” be taken from the ballot because the Elections Code “prohibits ballot designations that use words or prefixes, such as ‘former’ or ‘ex,’ which indicate prior status.”
Although Lodge did retire from the police force, he was reportedly unable to use the title since, according to the report, his website reveals he works for an “international construction management firm as a Director of Public Affairs.”
Lodge’s response to the claims was as follows:
“When real party was 12 his parents divorced and his mother married Robert Lodge. Out of deference to his step father real party integrated the name Lodge into his full name. However, it was never real party’s intention or desire to forsake his heritage and give up Chavez. Real never legally changed his name to Lodge,” the response read.
In regard to his career, the documents insisted he “does not possess a more recent, intervening principle profession, vocation or occupation” and is “not an employee of any company, corporation or business.” Instead, he claimed, he was working at the construction management firm on a “month to month contract.”
The case was disposed in September 2012.
