Missouri policeman told to 'tone down' his 'gayness' to be promoted lands $10.25 million settlement
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A Missouri police lieutenant told to “tone down” his “gayness” if he wanted a promotion is slated to walk away with $10.25 million after a workplace discrimination lawsuit was settled Monday with St. Louis County, according to the St. Louis Post-DMissouri policeman told to 'tone down' his 'gayness' to be promoted lands $10.25 million settlement
A Missouri police lieutenant told to “tone down” his “gayness” if he wanted a promotion is slated to walk away with $10.25 million after a workplace discrimination lawsuit was settled Monday with St. Louis County, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. Keith Wildhaber was passed over for promotion 23 times and forced to change precincts when he filed a complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the newspaper reported. He was only promoted in December, months after a jury awarded him nearly $20 million in the discrimination case Oct. 23 in St. Louis County Circuit Court. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that both Wildhaber and the county benefitted from settling instead, with Wildhaber able to take home a larger portion of the settlement than the jury-alotted money. Wildhaber is set to pocket $6.5 million after paying his lawyers. Read more