An LA Superior Court judge has allowed a lawsuit filed by former LAPD Commander Nicole Mehringer to proceed, after a previous retaliation, harassment, and discrimination case was dismissed.
The ruling means Mehringer, who initially sued after she was fired for an off-duty incident in Glendale in 2018, can proceed with an amended case that claims her termination was excessive, and was motivated by retaliation, after Mehringer filed documents that revealed several high-ranking male members of the LAPD had, "engaged in egregious acts of unlawful behavior," but unlike her, kept their jobs or were allowed to retire.
"Because they were men, the unlawful acts were never punished and [were] covered up by high ranking command staff officers," her lawsuit said.
The LA City Attorney's Office filed a request in February, a demurrer, to dismiss Mehringer's amended case, arguing that the lawsuit should not be allowed to proceed because it was filed outside the time period typically allowed.
LA Superior Court Judge Theresa M. Traber denied the demurrer May 9, finding that the updated complaint related to the same underlying facts as the original lawsuit.
The City Attorney's Office declined to comment on the judge's decision or the lawsuit, though the City does not generally discuss pending litigation.
Mehringer's attorney did not comment on the judge's decision.
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