A Littleton state lawmaker sued the Colorado House’s workplace harassment committee on Thursday, hours after it unanimously recommended that an unnamed representative face several punishments for a “pattern” of harassment and retaliation.
The committee, whose work is largely confidential, did not identify the lawmaker when it issued the disciplinary recommendations. On Thursday night, Rep. Brandi Bradley, a Republican, filed a lawsuit in Denver District Court that said that the recommendations were made against her.
Her attorney wrote that she’d been informed in August that the committee determined Bradley violated the workplace harassment policy’s provisions, and the suit states the alleged violations were related to gender, sexual harassment, retaliation and confidentiality.
The committee said Thursday the lawmaker involved in the case should lose all but one of their committee assignments, write and publish a full apology, and face a censure vote from the full state House when it reconvenes next year. The six-member bipartisan committee had already determined that six complaints it received were substantiated and warranted a response, and its recommendations will next be sent to legislative leadership for consideration…