Whistleblower lawsuit against Las Cruces District Attorney moves forward
LAS CRUCES - A whistleblower lawsuit against Doña Ana County District Attorney Mark D'Antonio will move forward after a district judge rejected a move by the defendant to dismiss the case.
Marylou Bonacci, a former office manager at the Third Judicial District Attorney's office, alleges she was terminated in retribution for reporting sexual harassment by an office supervisor, sex discrimination against a female attorney, and for providing information and testimony to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for what she alleges was an investigation into D'Antonio's conduct.
Bonacci's lawsuit was filed in 2017 and amended in January of this year. The suit names the state of New Mexico along with D'Antonio. The case is being heard in Third District Court with Sixth District Judge Jarod Hofacket presiding.
Bonacci claims that while employed by the office from 2013 to 2015, she confronted D'Antonio about meeting with criminal defendants without attorneys present, and seeking a loan in at least one case from the family of a defendant in a drug possession case, offering to dismiss criminal charges in exchange.
Read more: https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/2018/08/25/whistleblower-lawsuit-against-district-attorney-mark-dantonio-las-cruces-proceeds-marylou-bonacci/1086901002/
