Trump lawyer settles discrimination case with former employee: Report - Washington Examiner
Trump lawyer Alina Habba has reportedly settled a discrimination lawsuit filed by a former employee who accused her boss of spouting racist language in the workplace.
Na’syia Drayton accused Habba of using the N-word while playing rap music and disparaging the New York attorney general as “that Black bi***,” the Daily Beast reported. The precise terms of the settlement are not immediately clear, and both sides have signed agreements to preclude public discussion about it, a source told the news outlet.
“Habba began parading around the office seething about the judge, and complaining that she had lost her argument,” the lawsuit said. “Drayton was appalled about the racist remarks made about the Attorney General, Letitia James, and felt astonished that her supervisor, [Habba], felt comfortable and entitled to make such statements in the workplace, in her presence.”
Drayton, who is black, quit her post as a legal secretary for Habba and filed the lawsuit in July. She filed the suit in the Superior Court of New Jersey and demanded a jury review the matter.
Her law firm is located near the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster. She was one of Trump's point people for New York Attorney General Letitia James's sprawling inquiry into the Trump empire's business practices. Trump delivered testimony in that inquiry last month, and Habba attested that the Trump Organization turned over all the documents sought by investigators.
At one point, when she lost a contempt case against James...
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