BOISE, Idaho — In a statement released by the law firm representing Aleshea Boals, the whistleblower in the civil rights case filed against the Canyon County Sheriff's Office and Sheriff Kieran Donahue alleging gender discrimination, a hostile work environment, discriminatory discharge, retaliation, and whistleblower retaliation, a settlement has been reached.
Boals was a former CCSO Victim Witness Coordinator, having worked in this position for 15 years, who filed a lawsuit in April 2022 claiming she was harassed and discriminated against based on her gender, and then "constructively discharged" after reporting on repeated incidents involving a detective who she believed was mistreating female sexual assault victims.
As originally reported on Idaho News 6 when the lawsuit was filed, Boals reported and detailed incidents of a specific detective's discriminatory treatment of female victims and that the detective was not following victim interview protocols to Donohue and two other high-ranking officials.
Boals' lawsuit claimed she was then reprimanded for not following the proper chain of command, began receiving disciplinary reports for her job performance, and endured almost daily harassment, discrimination, and retaliation from the two high-ranking officials restricting her from doing her job.
The original lawsuit detailed that in October 2021, Boals sent an email to Donahue in hopes it would stop the alleged harassment and retaliation, as well as her concerns for...
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