The former CEO of the Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority is now suing the organization for millions of dollars in damages, according to paperwork filed yesterday (Thursday) in the Alexandria Circuit Court.
ARHA fired Erik Johnson in September after it was revealed that he and his family were living in an Old Town ARHA property. In the new filing, Johnson alleges that ARHA facilitated his move into the property and was trying to protect itself by pleading ignorance when it sent ALXnow a statement claiming it was unaware he lived there.
Johnson, who was ARHA’s CEO for about a year, is asking the court for $1,500,000 in lost wages and benefits, bonus compensation, the equivalent of five months of severance base pay and $3 million in compensatory and punitive damages for defamation…