"Taxing Relationship": Man claims IRS agent coerced him into sex

By: Barry Leibowitz
Topics: Daily Blotter

(CBS) EUGENE, Ore. - An Oregon man is suing the U.S. Government and a female IRS agent he alleges pressured him into sex, by threatening a tax penalty.

Vincent Burroughs, of Fall Creek, Ore., says the harassing relationship began in August of 2011 when Dora Abrahamson, an agent with the Internal Revenue Service, called him and said he would be audited, CBS affiliate KVAL reports.

Burroughs says he didn't know Abrahamson, and that he hadn't met her before those calls - nor had he heard that he was being audited by the IRS.

"She was sending me texts that she wanted to come out, give me massages because she needed to help me relax," Burroughs said in a phone interview with KVAL News.

Over the next two months, Burroughs alleges that Abrahamson sent him several flirtatious text messages - offering to give massages, asking to meet him, and sending racy photos of herself to his cell phone.

"She said she knew more than my mother knew about me," said Burroughs.

In the lawsuit, Burroughs says in September 2011 Abrahamson came to his home wearing provocative attire.

"Next thing I know, she's at my gate, honking...so I opened my gate, she came into my property dressed exactly like [when] she texted me," Burroughs said.

The lawsuit states: "She said that she could impose no penalty, or a 40% penalty, and that if he would give her what she wanted, she would give him what she needed."

As a result, Burroughs says he had sex with Abrahamson in his home that night.

In the lawsuit, he says he was "sexually harassed and intimidated."

The law firm representing Burroughs filed the suit with the U.S. District Court in Eugene on Jan. 25.

Officials with the IRS were not available for comment when KVAL called them on Friday.

Burroughs is seeking restitution from the U.S. governemt for the IRS's part in employing Abrahamson and not properly enforcing their rules involving the privacy act.

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by DarlaMMeyer February 11, 2013 10:42 AM EST: The IRS has thier own laws they can do and get away with anything they want...I would not put it past them to do such vial things as this.If the agent was a man harrassing a woman then it would be more accepted to the public....When an agent threatens you, you best believe they will do what it takes to ruin you finacially..look it up. they have done far worse than this..open your eyes, this kind of thing is not rare in the house of the evil IRS...; Reply to this comment


by vagrant45 February 9, 2013 11:06 PM EST: Really' see what happens when you dont pay tour taxes. LOL; Reply to this comment


by tudognight February 8, 2013 10:05 AM EST: Larry.....are you serious....what fantasy world did you dig this stuff up from.....Next you will write and tell us how you ate dog poop!; Reply to this comment


by tudognight February 8, 2013 10:03 AM EST: Yea.....some woman maneuvered him into sex and he is complaining. Sounds like the dude thinks he is all that. He rose to the occasion and did it for God and Country.......Yahoo....Your folks in India are being played with....Seriously!; Reply to this comment


by vissionquest February 7, 2013 9:28 PM EST: This story could only be a set up for the number of jokes that will be created. I especially like that he succumbed to her advances and then sued the government. So to successfully avoid taxes and penalties he was trapped into an affair? I guess if he made just $10 for every joke that will made at his expense, he will need a good tax attorney.; Reply to this comment


by knsn_for_cmn_sense February 7, 2013 9:05 PM EST: dayam.... A kinder friendlier IRS; Reply to this comment


by ammo17 February 7, 2013 7:26 PM EST: the i.r.s. is always screwing somebody,you don`t have a case.; Reply to this comment


by Barry-been-inhalin February 7, 2013 5:41 PM EST: And to think the last time I had any dealings with the IRS I was only offered a cup of water......bummer.; Reply to this comment


by oldoc44 February 7, 2013 3:39 PM EST: IF this story is true, this guy needs to have her back to help with next year's taxes on a pro-rata basis! ROFLMAO; Reply to this comment