Settlement reached after Dimmit County official allegedly told woman 'I'm going to rape you'
CARRIZO SPRINGS -- The sexual advances began within the first three months of her new job with Dimmit County, Maria Luisa Perez said.
"I think it happens more than people think," Perez, 54, said. "I have to say I never thought I would be in this position, this predicament. But it happened."
A settlement was recently reached after Perez alleged that Eloy Rodriguez, the county's regulatory and compliance director, sexually harassed her. Perez started working for Dimmit County in April 2016 as the events coordinator. A year later, in June, she filed a sexual harassment complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against Rodriguez, who was her supervisor.
It had grown to the point, Perez said, where she was uncomfortable going to work because of the lewd comments made by Rodriguez a daily basis. Perez said Rodriguez asked her to expose herself and on several occasions made indecorous comments about her salary, insinuating she wouldn't receive a raise without engaging in sexual acts with him.
"He would tell me, 'well you're not getting a raise Ms. Perez because you're not doing me yet,'" Perez said. "The tipping point for me was when he said, 'I'm going to rape you, you're going to love it and I feel in my heart that you won't tell on me.' That was back in January 2017."
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