The village board in the south Chicago suburb of Dolton has approved a settlement for a lawsuit filed by a woman who accused village trustee Andrew Holmes of sexual assault.
A former Dolton village employee filed the civil lawsuit claiming Holmes sexually assaulted her while attending a conference for the village in Las Vegas in May 2023.
According to the lawsuit, Holmes, then-Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard, and more than a dozen others attended the conference. On May 26, after a group dinner, the village employee went out with Holmes…