SAN DIEGO — Ex-San Diego Mayor Bob Filner, who resigned after being accused of sexual harassment, pleaded guilty to charges that he forced himself on women at political events in a deal with prosecutors that spares him prison time.
He entered pleas Tuesday to a felony charge of false imprisonment and misdemeanor battery charges in state court in San Diego.
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