Just hours after the Flagler Board of County Commissioners settled a lawsuit with former human resources manager Samantha Whitfield, the former county employee filed another suit against the county, as well as Deputy County Attorney Sean Moylan.
In a complaint filed in the evening of June 2, Whitfield is suing the county for “public whistleblower retaliation” and Moylan for “defamation," stemming from the BOCC's June 1 discussion regarding a 2024 lawsuit Whitfield filed against the county.
The new complaint also claims First Amendment retaliation from both the county and Moylan “in his individual capacity.”
“At the public meeting where the county’s governing body approved settlement of that lawsuit, the county’s deputy county attorney publicly condemned (Whitfield) and her lawsuit as ‘frivolous,’ ‘bogus,’ and ‘balderdash,’ and declared that ‘every allegation’ was false, and the board received and proceeded upon those statements,” the complaint says.
When contacted for comment, a member of Moylan's office said it would “not be appropriate for him to comment on an active litigation.”
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