Eric Nemons News Today

The City of Miami has fired a former code inspector who sued City Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla, whom, she claimed, had injured her at an illegal party in Allapattah in February. On Wednesday, May 12, Suzann Nicholson was terminated from her position in the City of Miami Building Department effective immediately. The firing comes only weeks after she filed suit against Alex Diaz de la Portilla for defamation, alleging he had assaulted her while she was investigating an illegal late-nigh...

Nicholson claimed the commissioner poked and pushed her, causing her to injure her ankle. The city released body camera footage from three or the four police officers on the scene, showing the commissioner did not get physical with the code officer. The commissioner called for her firing.  “She’s just lying. She’s a defamer. It’s a shame it’s come down to this. It’s a shame that she’s recurred to these types of tactics,” Diaz de la Portilla said. The commissioner told multiple...

A City of Miami employee who has accused a city commissioner of injuring her at an illegal party is now suing him for defamation. Earlier this month, Miami code compliance inspector Suzann Nicholson went public with her claim that City Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla had physically assaulted her. New Times that she was investigating reports of an illegal party at a building in Allapattah alongside officers from the Miami Police Department. In the early morning hours of February 21, the ...

Update, 2:25 p.m.: This story has been updated to include further comment from commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla. A City of Miami employee has come forth to allege that city commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla poked and pushed her while he was attending an after-hours party in Allapattah in February. The woman says she lost her footing and sprained her hip, an injury that has required physical therapy. Suzann Nicholson, who at the time was a code-compliance inspector for the City of Mi...