City Attorney asks Council for private meeting on LAPD firing lawsuit

A former employee says her 2021 termination was discrimination and retaliation; the city wants closed-session legal advice.

City Council· posted Jul 10Settlement

The City Attorney is asking the City Council to meet privately to get legal advice on a lawsuit over an employee's termination from the Los Angeles Police Department. The plaintiff alleges age and associational disability discrimination, retaliation, harassment, and defamation tied to her February 6, 2021 firing.

What happens next

City Council to hold a closed session on the case and consider Claims Board action

How the Council voted on this file
Yes No Absent
  1. 14–0–1
Official portrait of Hydee Feldstein Soto
Hydee Feldstein Soto

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