A former Newport Beach (S. Calif.) police dispatcher has filed a lawsuit filed with complicated references to post traumatic stress disorder, union complaints, husband-wife connections, harassment and internal complaints—just for a start. The lawsuit filed in April 2013 also refers to pornography, running over a seagull with a police car and complaints over how the police chief was hired. Essentially, Christine Hougan claims she was fired in 2012 as retaliation for testifying in a co-worker’s harassment complaint, and because her police sergeant husband was leading a union action against the police chief. The city has said Hougan was fired for 11 serious rule violations, and her husband was fired in 2012 for viewing pornography on city computers, including after being discovered and formally warned. Read the fine details of the lawsuit here, and download the lawsuit complaint and city response here.
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