All I can say to this is wow! This case almost seems very personal.South Side Ald. Anthony Beale (9th) filed a lawsuit Thursday against a former Chicago Public Schools principal who he claims tried to extort $1 million from him after falsely accusing him of sexual harassment.
Beale began receiving letters this year from the attorney for Dushon Brown, the former principal of Gwendolyn Brooks College Prep, accusing him of repeated unwanted sexual advances toward Brown; forcing her to perform oral sex; labeling her as promiscuous, and threatening to have her fired from her job at CPS.
The sexual misconduct is alleged to have taken place five years ago, according to Beale’s lawsuit.
Brown was principal at Brooks College Prep for six years, ending in 2012, according to CPS spokesman Joel Hood, who could provide no additional information about Brown’s employment history. Brooks is in Beale’s ward.
In one letter dated Dec. 15, which is included as evidence in Beale’s lawsuit, Dushon’s attorney asks for $1 million in damages.
“When I would not meet their demands to pay her $1 million, they decided to file a civil lawsuit against me to destroy my reputation, hurt my family and ruin my standing as an elected official,” Beale said in a statement.
While I'm no fan of Beale and I'm definitely no fan of Brown either. She was an ineffective principal at Brooks. She's delusional and is just mad that he got her fired and he works there part time as an assistant baseball coach. Calling someone a "fat bitch" is not what you expect from an Alderman but its definitely not sexual harassment. This squabble has gone on for far too long. Let her take it to court and let the judge end it.
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