Overview
- Matthew Dantzer was arrested Tuesday on a Tarrant County warrant alleging felony assault of a pregnant person and was booked into the Montgomery County Jail.
- Investigators are examining claims by City Secretary Christian Gable, who says the mayor tried to pull down her pants and choked her outside the Omni Fort Worth Hotel in October 2025.
- A city-hired outside review of Gable’s November HR complaint was described as inconclusive by officials, and the city closed the case before the Rangers opened their investigation.
- A former Magnolia HR director has filed a separate federal lawsuit saying she was pushed out after reporting the incident and alleging First Amendment retaliation and violations of the Texas Whistleblower Act.
- Dantzer denies the allegations through his attorney, and with his term ending in May after he declined to seek reelection, the case now poses legal and leadership questions for Magnolia.