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在法院裁定布鲁克斯败诉后，和解条款仍不明确，此事源于2004年一笔未偿还的本票
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宾夕法尼亚州第七国会选区民主党国会候选人鲍勃·布鲁克斯于本月早些时候与前岳母解决了长期存在的财务纠纷。
根据法庭文件，布鲁克斯与其前妻詹妮弗·布鲁克斯的母亲卡罗尔·威利就2004年他欠下的5.55万美元债务达成和解。
这一判决最终了结了这场家庭纠纷，该纠纷在美国国内竞争最激烈的国会选举之一中进入公众视野，当时布鲁克斯正试图击败众议员瑞安·麦肯齐，但他如何了结这场纠纷的问题仍未得到解答。
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鲍勃·布鲁克斯是一名退休消防员，目前正在宾夕法尼亚州第七国会选区竞选国会议员（鲍勃·布鲁克斯竞选国会）
目前尚不清楚布鲁克斯是否偿还了这笔欠款以及数万美元的利息，也不清楚和解协议的具体条款。
当被问及此案时，布鲁克斯的竞选团队拒绝透露详情。
布鲁克斯的律师瑞安·穆尔在给福克斯新闻数字频道的一份声明中表示：“这场陈年家庭纠纷已通过双方达成的协议正式解决。鲍勃很高兴这件私事得到了友好解决，现在已经成为他和家人的过去。出于对所有相关人员的尊重，我们不会进一步置评。”
布鲁克斯的案件始于2008年，当时威利声称他从未偿还她和丈夫迈克尔·威利5.55万美元，这笔钱是2004年他们将一块土地转让给布鲁克斯的款项。
根据法庭文件，双方曾约定布鲁克斯最终会偿还这笔款项。
“2008年，应迈克尔·威利的要求，卡罗尔·威利起草了一份本票，记录了被告的债务，并规定被告需共同和分别承担责任，向卡罗尔·威利支付5.55万美元，年利率6.5%，分120个月偿还，每月还款630.19美元，还款从2008年7月1日开始。2008年7月12日，威利与被告在公证员面前签署了本票，”2021年的一份文件写道。
但即便在本票拟定后——以及布鲁克斯未能履行合同约定的情况下，这笔钱始终未到账。
“被告从未支付过本票中规定的任何款项，”文件中写道。
由于违反合同，根据本票条款，布鲁克斯需支付13.0386万美元。
但布鲁克斯对判决提出上诉，辩称本票已过时效，在签署近15年后不再具有约束力。此外，他辩称，由于签署2008年本票协议时并未获得任何新的对价，因此该协议缺乏法律上要求的价值交换要素。
尽管提出了这些抗辩，法院还是支持了威利的主张。
“如果协议明确载明了签署方受约束的意图，那么缺乏对价并不会使协议无法执行，”法院裁决道。
针对此案，至少一名共和党旁观者抨击了布鲁克斯的过往记录。
“卑鄙小人鲍勃·布鲁克斯试图欺骗自己的家人，之后还撒谎掩饰，因为他只在乎一件事：中饱私囊。如果布鲁克斯竟敢如此坑害自己的家人，想象一下如果他掌权，会对宾夕法尼亚州民众做出什么事，”美国全国共和党国会委员会发言人赖利·理查森在给福克斯新闻数字频道的一份声明中说道。
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宾夕法尼亚州前州议员、美国国会民主党候选人鲍勃·布鲁克斯于2026年5月17日周日在宾夕法尼亚州阿伦敦汉密尔顿嘉年华活动上向支持者致意，当时正值初选选举前夕。（乔·兰贝蒂/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社）
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利奥·布里塞尼奥是福克斯新闻数字频道国会组的政治记者，此前曾供职于《世界杂志》。
Dem House candidate settles years-long $55K debt fight with former mother-in-law weeks before election
September 20, 2026 6:00am EDT / Fox News
The terms of the settlement remain unclear after courts ruled against Brooks over an unpaid 2004 promissory note
By Leo Briceno, Fox News
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Bob Brooks, a Democratic candidate for Congress in Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional District, settled a longstanding financial disagreement with his former mother-in-law earlier this month.
According to court filings, Brooks and Carol Wiley, the mother of his former wife, Jennifer Brooks, have settled a dispute surrounding a $55,500 debt he incurred in 2004.
The judgment finalizes the family dispute that entered the public eye amid one of the most competitive congressional races in the country as Brooks looks to unseat Rep. Ryan Mackenzie but leaves behind questions of how he managed to close out the saga.
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It’s unclear whether Brooks paid the amount — and tens of thousands more in interest — or what the terms of the agreement were.
When asked about the case, Brooks’ campaign declined to fill in the picture.
“This old family dispute has officially been resolved by an agreement between the two parties. Bob is glad that this personal matter was resolved amicably and is now behind him and his family. Out of respect for everyone involved, we won’t be commenting further,” Ryan Moore, an attorney for Brooks, said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
Brooks’ case began in 2008 when Wiley claimed that he had never paid her and her husband $55,500 for a subdivision of land they had transferred to Brooks in 2004.
According to court filings, the two parties had agreed that Brooks would eventually paid back the amount.
“In 2008, at the request of Michael Wiley, Carol Wiley had a promissory note drafted which memorialized Defendants’ debt, and provided that Defendants were jointly and severally liable to pay Carol Wiley $55,500 at 6.5% interest, in 120 monthly payments of $630.19, beginning July 1, 2008. On July 12, 2008, Wiley and Defendants executed the promissory note in the presence of a notary,” a 2021 filing reads.
But, even after the creation of the note — and the penalties that it outlined if Brooks failed to hold up his end of the contract — the money never came.
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Former State Representative Bob Brooks, a Democrat from Pennsylvania and U.S. Congressional candidate, greets a supporter during Fiesta on Hamilton ahead of a primary election in Allentown, Pennsylvania, US, on Sunday, May 17, 2026.(Joe Lamberti/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“Defendants never made any of the payments prescribed in the promissory note,” the filings state.
As a result of having breached their contract, Brooks was required to pay $130,386, according to the terms of the note.
But Brooks pushed back on the verdict, arguing that the notary had run its course, that a statute of limitations prevented it from being binding almost 15 years after its creation. Additionally, he argued that because he hadn’t received anything new when he signed the 2008 promissory agreement, it lacked consideration, a legal component that indicates an exchange of of value.
Despite his arguments, the court sided with Wiley.
“The absence of consideration does not render an agreement unenforceable where the agreement contains an express statement of the signatories’ intent to be bound,” the court ruled.
Reacting to the case, at least one Republican onlooker blasted Brooks’ record.
“Scumbag Bob Brooks tried to rip his family off and then lied about it because he cares about one thing: enriching himself. If Books is willing to go this far to screw over his own family, imagine what he would do to Pennsylvanians if he gained power,” Reilly Richardson, a spokesperson for the National Republican Congressional Committee, said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
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Former State Representative Bob Brooks, a Democrat from Pennsylvania and U.S. Congressional candidate, during a campaign event ahead of a primary election in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, US, on Sunday, May 17, 2026.(Joe Lamberti/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Brooks’ campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
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Having cleared the state’s Democratic primary, Brooks now heads to the Nov. 3, 2025, general election.
Leo Briceno is a politics reporter for the congressional team at Fox News Digital. He was previously a reporter with World Magazine.
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