Shauna Clark, whose sexual harassment complaint toppled former Salt Lake County Attorney Ted Cannon, is accusing Cannon's successors of "retaliatory discrimination."
In a lawsuit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court, Clark said officials in the County District Attorney's Office and the Criminal Justice Services Division where she worked tacitly approved of the unfair treatment she received.A secretary in the county attorney's office, Clark achieved widespread notoriety in 1986 when she accused her boss of unwelcome physical contact, sexual advances and threats. Cannon, then a rising political star, pleaded no contest to the criminal charges, and the county settled Clark's civil lawsuit for $68,000.
According to the new lawsuit, Clark was driven out of the district attorney's office in October 1996 by a hostile work environment. For example, she said she was denied family medical leave when her father was dying. Officials also subjected her to unfair transfers, evaluations and other practices "designed to retaliate" against her, the suit said.
Clark, 36, filed the lawsuit without the assistance of an attorney. Court documents show she is now living in Henderson, Nev.