KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - Two former employees of the Shawnee County prosecutor’s office are making their case to jurors that they were wrongfully terminated because of racial and gender discrimination.
The Topeka Capital-Journal (https://bit.ly/2iYiwYA ) reports that opening statements were made Monday in federal court in Kansas City, Kansas.
The attorney for Lisa Anne Moore, of Lawrence, and Krystal Boxum-Debolt, of Rancho Rio, New Mexico, said former Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor “harbored a deep animus against women in the work place” and used “derogatory, sexist statements.”
But the defense says Taylor fired the two victim-witness specialists in 2010 because a third employee told him the two were plotting to get their supervisor fired. Taylor didn’t run for re-election in November.
The jury trial is expected to take five days.
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Information from: The Topeka (Kan.) Capital-Journal, https://www.cjonline.com
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