In December 2017 it was revealed that Pennsylvania House Democrats spent nearly a quarter-million dollars in taxpayer money to secretly settle a sexual harassment complaint against Caltagirone.
[7] The $248,000 payment of taxpayer's money went to settle a complaint in 2015 against Caltagirone by a legislative staffer who worked for about a decade in his Reading office.
A document prepared by the state's Bureau of Risk and Insurance Management that said House Democrats authorized paying $165,500 to the unidentified woman and $82,500 to her lawyer.
[7] Caltagirone said in a written statement the day after the news report that he was prohibited from discussing specifics of any employment-related settlement, but added that from the start he has denied all accusations.
In January 2020, Caltagirone announced that he would retire after finishing his 22nd term in office, which he claimed made him the state's longest-serving representative.