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January 12, 2021
BOSTON (AP) A former Boston firefighter who said she was sexually harassed by male colleagues while on the job, then denied a better position as retaliation for reporting the harassment, has reached a $3.2 million settlement with the city, her attorneys said Tuesday.
The agreement with Nathalie Fontanez was finalized last month, said her attorneys, who include Gloria Allred.
A message seeking comment was left with the city.
“This result was obtained because of Nathalie’s courage in pursuing this case and her refusal to allow the city of Boston to get away with denying her legal rights to enjoy equal employment opportunity and be free of sexual harassment in the workplace, and retaliation against her for protesting it,” Allred said during an online news conference.
During a news conference, Nathalie Fontanez named former firefighter David Sanchez as the person who assaulted her inside a Jamaica Plain firehouse in January 2018.
The former firefighter said the Boston department discriminated and retaliated against her after a fellow firefighter was convicted of sexually assaulting her.
A former Boston firefighter who said she was sexually harassed by male colleagues while on the job, then denied a better position as retaliation for reporting the harassment, has reached a $3.2 million settlement with the city, her attorneys said Tuesday.