Scott PowersJuly 14, 2021
10min1801
Denying any ethics violation, Thompson said the complaint 'is reprisal.'
Tag: retaliation
Scott PowersJuly 14, 2021
Associated PressFebruary 23, 2021
6min1095
Australia has been a proxy battle for the world.
Wire ServicesJanuary 5, 2021
4min479
Daniels is claiming qualified immunity.
Associated PressJuly 6, 2020
3min271
Douglass statue backer suspects vandalism was retaliation
Michael MolineNovember 30, 2018
6min698
Attorneys for the Florida Senate and federal government agreed Friday to seek an expedited trip to a federal appeals court regarding its sovereign immunity defense against a legislative aide’s sexual harassment claim. That might ameliorate what an attorney for the chamber called the “distinct, irreparable harm” to its dignity as a legislative body forced to […]
Staff ReportsOctober 16, 2018
5min362
A federal judge has set a hearing for next Tuesday in the state Senate‘s lawsuit to put an end to an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) investigation into a top aide’s sexual harassment and retaliation claims. Rachel Perrin Rogers, chief assistant to Senate Republican Leader and future Senate President Wilton Simpson, says former Sen. Jack Latvala repeatedly groped her and made unwelcome comments about […]
Scott PowersSeptember 26, 2018
3min411
Rachel Perrin Rogers is seeking court testimony from a who’s-who list of Tallahassee powers and insiders in her lawsuit alleging discrimination and retaliation against her from the Florida Legislature regarding the sexual harassment claims she raised last fall against former state Sen. Jack Latvala. Perrin Rogers, who is pursuing a lawsuit case through the U.S. […]
Jim RosicaSeptember 13, 2018
5min956
Jokes by a medical school professor about porn, sex toys and the Zika virus has led to a lawsuit against Florida State University, according to a complaint filed in Leon County this week. Christina R. Goswick-Childers, formerly an academic program specialist at the school’s College of Medicine in Tallahassee, filed sexual harassment and retaliation claims after […]
Jim RosicaDecember 1, 2016
3min266
An aide to then-Florida state Sen. Maria Lorts Sachs has sued his former employer, saying she “exposed (him) to unwelcome sexual conduct” by frequently undressing in front of him. Matthew Damsky sued the Florida Senate in Leon County Circuit Civil court this week on gender discrimination and retaliation charges. The 68-year-old Sachs, elected to the […]