Holly Kluth, who ran unsuccessfully for sheriff in 2022, sued Tony Spurlock and Douglas County.
Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock, left, addresses members of the media during a press conference at the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Substation on June 1, 2021, in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. Also in the photo are Castle Rock police Chief Jack Cauley, center, and Lone Tree police Chief Kirk Wilson, right. The former Douglas County undersheriff who sued then-Sheriff Tony Spurlock over workplace retaliation settled her lawsuit for $1.
“Law enforcement officers like Ms. Kluth retain their First Amendment rights to share their political views and to run for office,” Kluth’s attorneys at Denver law firm Rathod Mohamedbhai wrote in a Friday news release. “They must be able to do so without fear of retaliation.” After Kluth publicly distanced herself from Spurlock, he opened an internal affairs investigation into her and demoted her from undersheriff to captain in late 2020, decreasing her annual salary by $17,000, the lawsuit says.
Spurlock fired Kluth in May 2021, and at the time told Kluth she was “not living up to my mission, vision and values,” according to the lawsuit. Kluth alleged that reason was a pretext for unlawful retaliation.Kluth’s attorneys on Friday heralded the large settlement as evidence that her claims of workplace retaliation were valid.
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