Treasurer claims duties, salary reduced after reporting financial improprieties
In a recent case, an elected city official alleged that the city and certain individuals defamed and retaliated against her after she reported concerns about how they were allegedly mishandling the city’s finances.
The plaintiff – who served as the elected treasurer for the City of Inglewood since 1987 – reported to certain members of the Inglewood City Council that she discovered facts indicating that they committed financial improprieties, including by paying almost $100,000 to a city contractor, and failed to accurately report to the public the city’s true financial health.
The plaintiff sued the city and the individual defendants. The complaint alleged defamation; violation of section 1102.5(b) and (c) of California’s Labor Code, which prohibited retaliation against an employee based on their reporting or refusing to participate in what they reasonably believed was the employer’s illegal activity; and intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED), based on the alleged retaliation and defamation.
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Specifically, the plaintiff claimed that the city and the individual defendants:
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