San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus plans to sue the county for $10 million, alleging discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. Her attorney cites resistance to her leadership as a Latina woman and missing pages from an investigative report as evidence of a conspiracy against her.
The drama involving San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus is about to take a new turn. Over the holiday period, Corpus’ legal team filed documents with the county indicating the sheriff expects to sue the county for $10 million dollars. In California, before you can file an actual lawsuit against a government agency, you have to first file what is called a 'government claim.
' Sheriff Corpus’ legal team has now done that, laying out an argument which could ultimately result in a formal lawsuit.Sheriff Corpus is the first Latina, and the first woman, to lead the department. Her attorney, Brad Gage, believes that is what is at the center of the controversy surrounding her leadership. 'She won an election and now we believe that there are some people who don’t want to see change particularly if it is brought by a Latina. There is still a lot of resistance to women at the top. There is a glass ceiling,' Gage said. A potential lawsuit could now be filed in court within 45 days. Gage said his client has been mistreated, and unfairly criticized, at every junction. 'There are several claims including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, whistleblower retaliation, in violation of the peace officers bill of rights,' Gage said. Claims of abuse of power, racist text messages and retaliation against the deputy sheriff's association were documented in a 400-page report commissioned by the county and prepared by retired judge LaDoris Cordell. Gage said some pages of that report, which contain evidence potentially beneficial to his client, are missing. 'It is suspicious that 29 key pages are missing. And that some of those pages appear to directly refute what is in the report. That is very concerning,' Gage said. In early December, the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors took the unusual step of calling for a special election asking voters to give them the authority to remove the sheriff – who is directly electe
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