The California Department of Justice paid more than $1.1 million to settle claims with employees who alleged they were sexually harassed or retaliated against by co-workers during the tenure of then-state Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris from 2011 to 2017, according to documents obtained by The Times.
Harris said that since her election to the Senate she has made it clear to her staff that she will be involved whenever there is an allegation of misconduct by an employee. “If a director wasn’t told about it, I would not be suspicious that that was an issue,” said Genest, who spent 24 years as a manager in state agencies, including serving as finance director under Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The largest settlement from Harris’ time as state attorney general was a $649,500 payment in 2013 to James Rodriguez, who was then a special agent with the DOJ. He claimed that the agency harassed and retaliated against him and failed to take corrective action when he filed complaints about the alleged treatment.
The settlement in the Rodriguez case notes that the DOJ “denied all material allegations” in the lawsuit, which included “any alleged discrimination, harassment, retaliation,” and that in resolving the case “none of the Parties admit any wrongdoing, liability or fault.” Alviar alleged in his lawsuit that the agency knew Asher “had a propensity to and would engage in tortious behavior, such as sexual harassment” but “failed to take adequate, preventative action.” After he reported the incident months later, Alviar said in the lawsuit, the DOJ told him not to work on holidays or weekends when others were not present and did not separate him from Asher in the workplace.
In 2016, office technician Charlene Corral filed a lawsuit claiming that she was subjected to unwanted touching, sexual comments and other advances by her supervisor, James Biscailuz, between May and July of 2014. Corral alleged that after she complained in August of that year, Biscailuz continued to intimidate her even after she transferred to another bureau at the DOJ.
You let KamalaHarris lie to you with no consequences? State law requires the agency’s top EEO Manager to report DIRECTLY to the agency CEO. KamalaHarris lies and lies and you - - let her. Disgusting
Did not run the office well; how could she ever run the country well. I know, I worked for her.
As the head of agency Kamala saw the settlements and knew what was going on. She would have signed them off. This is standard in state govt. If she is so upset then how about giving the employees their jobs back instead of banning themfrom working metoo reinstatethevictim
ToBeSafeNSound You should have vetted Trump this thoroughly.
KamalaHarris is a hot mess. Thanks for reporting
Hey has the smear campaign begun?
Sexual harrassment is going to need to be more clearly id'd. Its totally scary that I could merely say 'I like ur new haircut' and thats trouble. This is getting too carried away b/c people are GREEDY in some cases. USSupremeCourt
There is going to be all kinds of stuff, true or not, slammed at her mostly by Republicans because they fear SenKamalaHarris as much as they did HillaryClinton !! RepublucansareWeenies
Noise..Noise !
Why does any of this matter? It’s irrelevant to her candidacy for POTUS
great read 👍
There’s no way she didn’t know about a claim by a top aide. She was likely interviewed. liar
And she should be held responsible for this gross misconduct.
Kamala , get ready here comes the mud slinging and digging in your past. I personally think you speaks for the people and your track record has been on point
Prove it!
Not a single person in this thread sees the glaring corruption, regardless of her race or career. It’s all about projection.
Considering she slept her way into her political career, not surprised that she wasn’t paying attention to what was happening with her staff, like Larry Wallace. I’m sure if Willie didn’t give her what she wanted she would have filed a harassment suit against him.
It’s cheaper in the long run to settle out if court. Litigation can take years to conclude. Sometimes is the best outcome any one can expect.
another fake news story from the damn liberal media again...oh, wait....
When you sleep your way to the top, sexual harassment avoidance is a low priority.
Uh oh, the smear campaign begins
For a department of 5,000 people over the course of seven years, that does not seem particularly newsworthy.
Before or after she was sleeping with ..... oh nm
Oh. 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
You know what they say it’s flirting when you like them and sexual harassment when you don’t 🤣
Well she seen more beds than a Hilton Inn.
Thought Kamala --'cared'--bout WOMEN
Forget the age minimum to run for President, there should be a five year minimum of working outside of government or running your own business. There, you learn lessons the hard way. Like sex harassment cases can shutter your business. In government, meh, not so much.
Sounds about right.
So she used taxpayers money to fund hush payments? Trump used his own money