KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A new whistleblower lawsuit has accused the City of Kansas City’s highest-paid employee, city manager Brian Platt, of intentionally lying and exaggerating.

It’s been filed by the former director of city communications, Chris Hernandez, who claimed he was demoted and transferred when he pushed back against the new strategy.

The lawsuit claimed a bold new plan to lie was openly discussed among six city leaders on Jan. 3, 2022. Mayor Quinton Lucas was not in the meeting, according to the court filing.

Platt reportedly asked, “Why can’t we just lie to the media?”

Hernandez claimed he pushed back, but Platt countered, “Why not? In Jersey, we had a mayor who would just make up numbers on the fly from the podium, and no reporters ever called him on it.”

The lawsuit pointed to the city’s resurfacing project and states the first draft stated nearly 300 miles would be resurfaced. It claims Platt wanted “nearly” removed and later tweeted it would be 400 plus miles of resurfacing.

The filing also claimed Platt wanted communications people to push back on an accurate KC Star article regarding potholes.

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