Heitmann has denied the accusations.
During a City Council meeting on Tuesday, Barnett also petitioned City Council to request the Naples Ethics Commission investigate the allegations. Obviously, somebody is lying, Barnett said.
Mike Murawski, executive director of the commission, declined to say whether Barnett had filed a complaint with his office. Murawski wrote in an email Tuesday it was his first day on the job. Any complaint that gets filed is not a matter of public record until such time as a finding of probable cause or no probable cause is made or the complaint is dismissed for lack of legal sufficiency, Murawski wrote.