Orange County Supervisors are asking their staff to look at possibly changing how they handle District Attorney staff harassment complaints after they lost a $3 million dollar lawsuit over DA Todd Spitzer’s treatment of whistleblowers in his office.
It’s the first time supervisors have publicly addressed any type of consequences for Spitzer following a $3 million judgement against the county earlier this month for how he harassed Tracy Miller, formerly the top female prosecutor in his office, after she helped other women report sexual harassment.
There are half a dozen other ongoing cases from other female prosecutors who say they were first sexually harassed by Gary LoGalbo, the best man at Spitzer’s wedding and formerly one of his top aides, before later facing retaliation from Spitzer for reporting LoGalbo to county HR.
In court, Miller said Spitzer told her to “baby-sit,” various projects, repeatedly screamed at her both in person and over the phone, and once asked her in the middle of a meeting what sized tampons she wears, actions that she argues should carry a penalty from county supervisors.
“There are things they can do. They can get a grand jury in there. They can sanction him. They can make public comments,” Miller said at a press conference earlier this month after winning her case. “Not speaking anything, not saying anything, that speaks volumes.”
This week, county supervisors spoke up.
And called up Spitzer.
During a discussion on the county’s HR department...
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