St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her Faces 2nd Harassment Claim as Police Inquiry Deepens
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Updated · The Guardian · Jul 31
St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her Faces 2nd Harassment Claim as Police Inquiry Deepens
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Jul 31
Summary
A second senior St. Paul police official has accused Mayor Kaohly Her of sexual harassment, telling the Star Tribune the conduct created a sexualized workplace and led her to resign.
The new allegation adds detail to an inquiry already opened earlier this year after Police Chief Axel Henry complained in an April 1 letter of a prolonged harassment campaign against multiple employees.
Reported incidents included comments about the officer’s breasts, vulgar noises in the police gym, “orgasmic noises” while stretching, and altered images placing police leaders’ faces on shirtless UFC fighters.
Her did not respond to the Guardian, but told the Star Tribune the interactions were understood as mutual communication and said she would let the independent law firm’s investigation run its course.
The case has quickly engulfed the first-term Democratic mayor — elected in November and the city’s first female mayor — with scrutiny now extending beyond the chief’s original complaint.