USA: lesbian ex cop awarded $10 million in sexual harassment case

A lesbian former officer with the National City Police Department (NCPD) in Southern California has been awarded $10 million in damages over her lawsuit against the department for the harassment and discrimination that she endured there.

Ashley Cummins, who is now a mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter who fights under the name “Smashley,” sued the police department in 2022 with allegations that she had to put up with harassment and discrimination from her coworkers for about a year as she worked in the department, both because she is gay and because she is a woman.

Her lawsuit, which was filed with the Superior Court of California in San Diego County, said, “Many of the male officers and supervisors indicated that if female officers wanted to fit in at NCPD, they either needed to be submissive to the male officers or sleep with them.”

Continue reading at: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/04/lesbian-cop-told-she-needed-to-be-submissive-to-men-or-sleep-with-them-she-just-won-10m/ (Source)

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