The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly said last night that it had settled a sexual harassment lawsuit from former mayor Charlie Pierce's assistant, alleging that the borough had failed to protect her and other women from him, for $237,500.
The Kenai Peninsula Borough will pay more than $200,000 to settle a harassment suit filed last fall against former borough mayor Charlie Pierce, according to a Tuesday statement from the borough Assembly and administration.
But at its meeting Tuesday night, the Assembly agreed to make public that it had settled with Wastell for $237,500. The borough will pay $206,250 and Pierce owes $31,250, the statement said. The statement said the borough is not admitting any wrongdoing under the terms of the settlement, that said the borough and current mayor decided to settle the suit without further litigation to avoid spending “more public funds” and “bring finality to a difficult time.”
Wastell, in the same statement, said she did not feel safe reporting the harassment at the time since the acting human resources director at the time was Pierce’s chief of staff, Aaron Rhoades.
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