"Manipulative, deceitful, user": Tara Reade left a trail of aggrieved acquaintances

Reade had spoken highly of Biden, the former boss who employed her as a staff assistant from late 1992 to August 1993, and never made a mention of assault or harassment, Wrye recalls. But what Wrye remembers most is that by the time Reade left their property and moved on, Wrye felt burned.

After her husband suffered a brain injury that forced the couple to sell the property, Wrye said, Reade turned on them.

“She became really difficult,” Wrye said. “She said, ‘you’re going to have to pay me to get me to leave.’”

“She was manipulative,” said Wrye, a self-described feminist and social activist. “She was always saying she was going to get it together, but she couldn’t. And ‘could you help her’?”