The city has paid out a total of nearly $7.5 million in the past year due to chaotic activities at city hall.
Attorney Brad Gage holds a press conference announcing the settlement of $5.25 million dollars with the city of Palmdale for 3 plaintiffs Shanae Smith Patricia Nevarez and co-plaintiff Mike Behen, Friday, Woodland Hills, CA. March 8, 2024. Palmdale will pay $5.25 million to settle a lawsuit from three high-level employees who alleged they felt threatened and uncomfortable because a former city manager regularly brought a gun to work and was recorded receiving oral sex from a married woman.
Gage said the city attorney recommended his clients take voluntary administrative leaves that same month because the city thought it would be safer. In a separate lawsuit, Murphy accused an elected official of distributing the recording, which did not take place at City Hall or on the clock, to intentionally harm him.
“Mr. Murphy is a retired Air Force major. He is very familiar with firearms,” Shenkman said. “He had been receiving threats from one member of the community and so he had a concealed carry permit, and so he was legally carrying a firearm. Not on his person. He had it in a bag.” He called the allegations “ridiculous,” pointing to one, in particular, in which an employee reportedly felt threatened by an assistant city manager jiggling a locked office door handle.
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