Prosecutors wonât charge Florida CFO for releasing confidential complaint
The victim still believes state law was violated by the release of her sexual harassment complaint. Another attorney called the interpretation of the law âridiculous.â
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TALLAHASSEE â Prosecutors in Tallahassee chose not to pursue criminal charges against Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis for releasing in 2019 an employeeâs sexual harassment complaint, a possible of state law.
In a Friday memo, Leon County State Attorney General Counsel Eddie Evans wrote there was no evidence of criminal intent in Patronisâ decision to disclose the complaint, which triggered a criminal probe and allegations that he was using a sexual harassment complaint as leverage to pressure the stateâs then-banking regulator, Ronald Rubin, to resign.