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Brandon O'Brien

Former personal assistant to Nancy Bass Wyden, died by suicide May 26, 2025
Tracked because Former personal assistant to Nancy Bass Wyden, died by suicide May 26, 2025 · 6 documented connections
Facts on record8
Connections mapped6
Sources cited25
Evidence: 3P 1S 4I
Stated vs Revealed
No documented contradictions on file.
PATTERN person → [legal] → person → [legal] → person 140× PATTERN person → [legal] → person 39× PATTERN person → [spouse] → person 8× PATTERN person → [legal] → person → [subsidiary] → company 4× PATTERN company → [subsidiary] → person → [legal] → person 4×
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Key Connections
← New York Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board government agency
judicial_ruling
New York Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board judge found O'Brien had good cause to resign and found credible evidence of harassment
← Nancy Bass Wyden person
legal
Nancy Bass Wyden filed a police report on October 1, 2024 accusing O'Brien of $650,000 in theft, and filed a counter-lawsuit on October 3, 2025 seeking $655,000 in damages for alleged theft.
← Thomas Maltezos person
spouse
Husband of deceased Brandon O'Brien
Facts (8)
Data Freshness
Ageing Last update: 160d ago · Avg age: 751d
Confidence Tiers: Primary Source — cross-referenced government/corporate filings Pending Review — sourced but not independently verified AI Inference — analytical hypothesis from cross-referencing
✓ Verified Findings (4)
Independently re-checked: a second model read the source artifact and confirmed it supports the extracted claim.
✓ verified Partially Corroborated Brandon O'Brien filed filing with the SEC on 2024-08-23. Accession number: N/A.
✓ verified Partially Corroborated Brandon O'Brien died by suicide on May 26, 2025
Date: 2025-05-26 Added: 11 Apr 2026 ↗ SOURCE: Multiple news reports and court documents
✓ verified Primary Source O'Brien resigned from his position on September 30, 2024
Date: 2024-09-30 Added: 11 Apr 2026 ↗ SOURCE: Court filings and news reports
✓ verified Primary Source Brandon O'Brien worked as personal assistant to Nancy Bass Wyden from June 2022 to September 2024
Date: 2022-06-01 Added: 11 Apr 2026 ↗ SOURCE: Court documents and news reports
All Connections (6)
→ Bass Real Estate, LLC company
likely_relationship inferential since 2022
Brandon O'Brien worked for Nancy Bass Wyden, who is associated with Bass Real Estate, LLC (owner of Strand Bookstore, the family business)
→ Strand Bookstore company
likely_relationship inferential since 2022
Brandon O'Brien worked as personal assistant for Nancy Bass Wyden, who is a co-owner of Strand Bookstore through the Bass family
regulatory_filing inferential since 2024
Brandon O'Brien filed filing with the SEC on 2024-08-23, which may relate to legal proceedings in New York County Supreme Court where Nancy Bass Wyden was involved
← Thomas Maltezos person
spouse confirmed
Husband of deceased Brandon O'Brien
judicial_ruling primary since 2024
New York Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board judge found O'Brien had good cause to resign and found credible evidence of harassment
← Nancy Bass Wyden person
legal primary since 2024
Nancy Bass Wyden filed a police report on October 1, 2024 accusing O'Brien of $650,000 in theft, and filed a counter-lawsuit on October 3, 2025 seeking $655,000 in damages for alleged theft.
Sources (25)
2026-05-09 UNVERIFIED SEARCH_ERROR: Brandon O'Brien not found in fec claim_flag Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Brandon O'Brien — Parliamentary records (no results) parliamentary_record Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Brandon O'Brien — Court records (no results) court_document Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Brandon O'Brien — Lobbying disclosures (no results) government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Brandon O'Brien — FEC donations (no results) fec_record Processed 📜 Receipt
2024-09-30 ↗ Court filings and news reports web_search Processed 📜 Receipt
2022-06-01 ↗ Court documents and news reports web_search Processed 📜 Receipt