Galen Fox

Galen Fox (born 1943) is a former Hawaii state representative who resigned from the Hawaii legislature on December 1, 2005 after being convicted of misdemeanor sex abuse charges.

Galen Fox was born in Hilo, Hawaii, raised in Honolulu, and educated at the University of Hawaii’s Laboratory School and at Punahou School. Fox received a B.A. magna cum laude from the University of Redlands, a Ph.D. in Public Affairs from Princeton University, and was an International Affairs Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, New York City.

Fox was elected to Hawaii's State House in November 1996 as a representative of Hawaii's 23rd District, serving the Waikiki and Ala Moana district, and was re-elected in 2000, 2002 and 2004. He served as House Republican Leader and was also a member of the Finance, Labor and Transportation committee.

Galen Fox was found guilty of misdemeanor sexual battery and misdemeanor abusive sexual contact with another person without their consent.

On December 18, 2004, Fox was aboard United Airlines Flight 56 from Honolulu to Los Angeles. During the flight, Fox was seated next to an Asian female passenger. The woman later told investigators with the FBI that she had taken Dramamine because she wanted to rest and fell asleep holding a folded airline blanket on her lap, her arms crossed over her blanket. Fox testified during his trial that after he placed his arm on the arm rest, the sleeping woman did not move her own arm from the arm rest. Later, he pressed his leg against hers. Fox claimed that he believed that because the sleeping woman did not move away, she was "giving him a nonverbal clue that she was sexually interested".

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