A federal judge sided with disgraced former Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson and threw out all claims against him in a sexual assault lawsuit.
A federal judge on Wednesday threw out the sexual assault lawsuit against former Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson. The lawsuit, filed by Chicago police officer Cynthia Donald in late 2020, accused Johnson of forcing her to engage in sex acts to keep her job. Donald was Johnson’s personal driver when he was on the job. U.S. District Judge Elaine Bucklo dismissed all claims against Johnson without allowing the lawsuit to go to trial.
Johnson’s attorney, Michael Leonard, told news outlets in a statement that the former Chicago police superintendent always acknowledged that he engaged in a consensual relationship with Donald. 'The Court rightfully found that Ms. Donald’s claims of sexual harassment were meritless under the circumstances presented – where Ms. Donald admitted in the litigation to engaging in acts, statements, and conduct that undeniably caused Mr.
Johnson was fired in December 2019 after officers found him passed out behind the wheel of his department SUV. Former Mayor Lori Lightfoot at the time accused him of lying about the incident. While Johnson admitted to the mayor that he’d had 'a couple of drinks' that night, he blamed his condition on a change in blood pressure medication. Later, media reports and surveillance video from a Chicago bar that night revealed he had been drinking heavily. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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