A former Metropolis Corridor worker is suing the Metropolis of Boston, Mayor Michelle Wu and a Boston police officer, saying the town “destroyed” her life by unfairly firing her to guard a prime Wu administration official she had accused of sexual misconduct.
Marwa Khudaynazar, the town’s ex-chief of employees for the Workplace of Police Accountability and Transparency, filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Suffolk Superior Courtroom, a number of months after Segun Idowu, the town’s chief of financial alternative and inclusion was cleared of any wrongdoing by a legislation agency commissioned by the town to research the misconduct allegations.
“This case centers on a young, aspiring, former city employee, Ms. Khudaynazar, the plaintiff here, whose life was destroyed by those in power at City Hall over a report she made to the police that exposed sexual improprieties of Mr. Segun Idowu, the city’s chief of economic opportunity and inclusion,” the lawsuit states.
“Alarm bells should go off whenever government fails to comply with public records laws. Defying orders by the Commonwealth’s public records division, the city has failed to respond to Ms. Khudaynazar’s request for public records that may show her employment was terminated to protect Mr. Idowu, and ultimately, the mayor, Ms. Michelle Wu, in the upcoming mayoral election.”
The lawsuit went on to state, “The city’s disregard for public records laws frustrates their central purpose — to shine light on government officials’ actions while they are relevant, not months afterwards.”
The mayor’s workplace didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark and the Boston Police Division declined to touch upon the lawsuit.
“Due to pending litigation, we are going to decline to comment,” Boston Police spokesman Sgt. Det. John Boyle stated in a press release.
Khudaynazar, 27, and her boyfriend, Chulan Huang, 26, the town’s ex-neighborhood enterprise supervisor for the Workplace of Financial Alternative and Inclusion, have been fired in Might, after their alleged involvement in a home dispute at Huang’s Chinatown residence.
Each have been arrested and charged with home assault. Khudaynazar was additionally charged with assault on a police officer. Each have pleaded not responsible.
The police report doesn’t identify identify Idowu, however quotes Huang as saying of Khudaynazar, “She went on a date with my boss. And then they booked a hotel and she came here to rub it in my face.”
Khudaynazar claims that Idowu propositioned her, and that his alleged advances are what induced the altercation with Huang. She claims that Idowu invited her to sit down with him and purchased her a drink at a bar in Boston whereas she was ready for her pal to reach. Khudaynazar spoke alone once more with Idowu once more on the bar after her pal left, based on the lawsuit.
“Mr. Idowu made sexual advances, touching Khudaynzar’s lower back,” the lawsuit states. “His display confirmed a reservation on the Boston Plaza Park lodge — Mr. Idowu invited Khudaynazar to hitch him there. Khudaynazar declined. Mr. Idowu walked Khudaynazar to her automotive, and he kissed her there. Khudaynzar drove him to his lodge and left him there.
“Khudaynazar the drove to Mr. Huang’s apartment and told him what happened,” the lawsuit states, earlier than entering into her model of occasions for the alleged home assault that led to their arrests.
She claims investigators by no means requested her about Idowu’s alleged advances, based on the lawsuit.
Mayor Wu has said that Khudaynazar and Huang have been terminated for his or her “invoking of official status” as metropolis workers to attempt to keep away from being arrested throughout a police response.
Khudaynazar disputes the mayor’s evaluation, per the lawsuit.
“Khudaynazar did not intend to use her status as a city employee to avoid Mr. Huang’s arrest,” the lawsuit states. “She had no power to yield, she is in her 20’s. It’s her second job out of college. It was clear from Mr. Huang’s apartment that they were not higher-ups with any influence. She was rather conveying that she is familiar with city and police procedure.”
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