Former Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson is now at the centre of a high-profile lawsuit, accused of years of alleged sexual harassment and misconduct. The lawsuit, filed by Johnson s.
Fresh details have now emerged of the claims made by his former assistant Cynthia Donald who is suing a former Superintendent for alleged sexual harassment.
In her lawsuit in 2020, Officer Cynthia Donald accused Johnson of forcing her into sex in his office and on work trips and said he continued to harass her after she was demoted from her driver job. Johnson says they had a consensual relationship and remained friends after Mayor Lori Lightfoot fired him in 2019. In the latest court filings, Donald’s friends say she confided to them that Johnson was harassing her.
Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson’s transition team is moving fast to find a replacement or a leadership team to take over the Chicago Police Department on an interim basis.