A Texas mayor was arrested after his distraught secretary claimed he pulled down her pants and tried to choke her while she was pregnant.

Magnolia Mayor Matthew 'Doc' Dantzer was taken into custody on Tuesday over allegations he assaulted City Secretary Christian Gable outside a Fort Worth hotel in October.

Gable, 31, has since filed a lawsuit accusing Dantzer, 52, of a years-long campaign of workplace harassment, which allegedly included referring to her as 'my sexetary.'

In her complaint, Gable recounts how the alleged choking incident took place after they attended a Texas Municipal League event.

She reluctantly agreed to let Dantzer walk her back to the hotel, the complaint, viewed by the Daily Mail, said. 

Gable, who was five months pregnant at the time of the alleged assault, texted her now fiancé that she was walking back with Dantzer as he 'was aware of the prior incidents.' 

During the 12-minute walk, Dantzer allegedly made sexualized statements, including asking if her loose-fitting pants were pajamas, per the complaint.

When she told him no, he allegedly responded: 'You know what that means to me, right? They're easy to pull down,' the complaint said. 

Gable told him the pants were tight due to her pregnancy and he allegedly responded it would be easy after getting 'past the bump.' 

'[He] repeatedly attempted to pull her pants down as they continued walking down the street,' the complaint said. 

As they approached the hotel, Dantzer allegedly asked Gable if her boyfriend knew 'how to handle' her as she was 'crazy.' 

'He's aware,' she replied. 

He then allegedly grabbed her by the throat and pinned her against the column, telling Gable: 'You need to tell him to do it like this,' per the complaint.

Gable claims she yelled and pushed him off her and retreated to her hotel room. He later sent an apology text, according to the complaint.

'I consider it sexual assault,' she told ABC 13. 

'I couldn't tell you how long I was there. It was a split second, but it felt like forever. My body went into fight-or-flight mode, and I used both of my hands to push him off me. I immediately turned and thought: "How did nobody witness that?"' 

Gable made a report to her HR Director Kristy Powell, who was also at the event, the next morning. Powell urged her to formally document the incident and report it to police, which she did, the complaint said. 

The filing claims the incident was a violent culmination of a series of inappropriate and sexualized behaviors in the workplace. 

These allegedly included inappropriate comments, including about women's breasts. Gable also claimed that Dantzer allegedly began appearing in her office daily and stuck around without need.

After Powell filed the official complaint, Dantzer allegedly appeared in her office, slammed his hands down on her desk and got in her face to stare intimidatingly at her, Gable's complaint said.

He later allegedly asked her if she was moving and named the exact neighborhood she was preparing to move to. 

An internal probe was launched but determined Gable's claims were inconclusive due to a lack of witnesses.

Gable claims in her filing that the stress of the investigation caused her to suffer high blood pressure and early labor. Powell also resigned in late November amid the probe. 

In March, she filed her own lawsuit against Dantzer and the city, accusing him of favoritism towards male colleagues and retaliation. 

The city filed a motion earlier this month asking for more time to respond to her claims. A lawyer for the City of Magnolia referred the Daily Mail to Dantzer's lawyer for comment. 

The city hired a third-party lawyer, Bill Helfand, to conduct the internal investigation into Gable's HR complaint.

Helfand is currently representing Dantzer and the city in Powell's complaint, according to court records. 

Gable's lawsuit accused Helfand of doing a poor job with the investigation, as he allegedly only spoke with a 'handful' of employees and he did not attempt to obtain the security footage of the attack. 

Gable also accused the city of not informing her when the investigation was concluded, which coincided with Dantzer's alleged daily appearances in her office.

During her maternity leave, Gable requested to work from home until Dantzer is out of office in May but was denied. He is not running for reelection. 

'In other words, the City is now requiring Ms. Gable to work from the same building as her attacker indefinitely,' the complaint said. 

Dantzer lived near Gable's parents and the two have known each other for the last ten years, according to the lawsuit. 

Dantzer, who was on city council at the time, offered to get Gable a city job as a floater in the Utilities Department in 2021 when she moved in with her parents after hearing she had lost her job during the pandemic, the complaint states.

Gable accused the politician of having previously made inappropriate comments toward her over the years, but it 'escalated' after she was hired by the city. 

At the beginning of her employment, she would return to her parents' house for lunch. After catching on, Dantzer would begin 'showing up uninvited' and 'waiting in the home for her to arrive,' the complaint said. 

After being promoted to city secretary in 2023, he would come visit her adjoining office and the 'unprofessional jokes and sexual comments persisted' the complaint states.

'Ms. Gable felt she had no other choice but to endure Mr. Dantzer’s harassment if she wanted to keep her job,' the filing reads. Gable is now requesting a trial by jury. 

Dantzer is currently in the Tarrant County Jail being held on criminal charges over the assault. If convicted, he faces up to ten years in prison.

Dantzer is currently going through divorce with his wife Rana Stockbridge. It was filed in February, shortly after the investigation was complete. The two raised four boys between them. 

The Daily Mail has reached out to Dantzer's lawyer, Gable and her attorneys for comment.