A former employee of Redlands is accusing City Manager N. Enrique Martinez of sexual harassment and demanding $469,200 in medical benefits that she says was promised to her.
In a letter to the city, Hagan’s attorney, Sagar Raich, claims she was “repeatedly sexually harassed by the City Manager. These incidents of harassment included extremely offensive insults, being subjected to sexual conversations, being contacted at night and on the weekends to discuss personal and sexual matters, and being forced to help the City Manager with his online dating profiles.”
While preparing to leave her position at the beginning of the year, Hagan signed a contract releasing the city from liability in return for a “medical bridge” – full health benefits until she reaches the age of Medicare eligibility, the demand states, which adds up to 23 years’ worth of coverage.
After a July 18 closed session council meeting city attorney Daniel McHugh said in a letter to Hagan the city disagrees with her “interpretations of the ‘bridge medical’ insurance benefit,” rejects her offers, and said she had six months to file an action on the claim.
Raich claims the city denied Hagan the healthcare coverage, breaching the contract and allowing her to “file a claim to address the sexual harassment and hostile work environment she experienced.”
The city will discuss the matter at a special meeting on Sept. 4. In the meantime, neither the city nor Martinez will speak publicly about the allegations, calling it a “personnel matter.”
A former executive assistant accused Martinez of sexual harassment in 2003. However, she soon dropped the claim.
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