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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A former employee who recently settled with the Idaho State Controller's office amid allegations of sexual and racial harassment says she hopes her case helps other women facing workplace harassment.
Lourdes Matsumoto on Friday said she was terrified to go public because she was in her first job out of law school and didn't want to risk being labeled a problematic employee.
However, Matsumoto says she believes she did the right thing.
Matsumoto filed a tort claim in September alleging that Controller Brandon Woolf's chief of staff, Dan Goicoechea, engaged in abusive language and violent acts in conversations involving Matsumoto and others.
The controller's office agreed to settle the case Thursday by giving Matsumoto an $83,000 cash payment and promising not to rehire Goicoechea for the next five years.
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