Denver Court Administrator Kristin Wood said in a statement that the two parties wanted to resolve the matter “without further protracted litigation.”
The Denver City Council on Monday approved a $200,000 payment to settle a lawsuit that alleges county court officials failed to investigate and then retaliated against a judicial assistant who reported that a judge sexually assaulted and harassed her.
The day Armatas allegedly assaulted her, the assistant was working for a different judge when Armatas came into that judge’s courtroom. After asking when the presiding judge would be back, Armatas told the woman, “You look like you like to get dirty. You look like you could get wild,” the lawsuit alleges. He then kissed her and touched her breasts before she screamed at him and he left the room, according to the allegations made in the lawsuit.
Through interviews conducted by Employment Matters, it was uncovered that Armatas had a pattern of acting inappropriately with female court staff, including asking some court staff out for drinks, asking for their phone numbers and even touching them without their consent, the lawsuit said.and the Colorado Civil Rights Division before filing her lawsuit.
“Defendant treated Plaintiff differently because of her gender, national origin and age than the way it treated male, non-Hispanic and younger employees,” the lawsuit says.
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