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The transit agency has said it was unaware of public relations specialist Grecia Figueroa's communications with and allegations against board chair Nathan Fletcher when it fired her early last year.

The Metropolitan Transit System released a report Thursday it commissioned to review what its leaders knew about a relationship between one of its employees and its board chair when they decided to fire that employee.  

Chief information officer accused transit agency officials of retaliation, but subsequently withdrew the claim in favor of informal negotiations

 

New allegations included in the sexual assault lawsuit against former County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher

The woman who accused former San Diego County Board of Supervisors Chair Nathan Fletcher of sexually assaulting her has alleged in a new complaint that her...

Metropolitan Transit System gave the impression it learned about sexual harassment and assault allegations from lawsuit, though some officials had information on that more than a month before

The back-and-forth seemed normal before Fletcher called it a "threat".

San Diego's MTS board met Thursday for the first time since a lawsuit was filed against the organization in San Diego Superior Court last week.

According to the suit, Grecia Figueroa, who worked for the MTS until February of this year, alleges Fletcher groped her on two occasions and pursued a sexual...