WE’RE STILL WAITING TO HEAR FROM COMMISSIONERS ABOUT THIS NEXT. THIS NEW PETITION NEW ON SEVEN. THE BOARD OF LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SETTLED A LAWSUIT FOR $3 MILLION AFTER A WOMAN CLAIMED HER CIVIL RIGHTS WERE VIOLATED AND SHE WAS WRONGFULLY TERMINATED. FORMER LEE COUNTY DEPUTY KARINA TELLO SAYS SHE WAS FIRED IN 2023, SHORTLY AFTER A NUDE VIDEO OF HER WAS SENT OUT BY HER WORKERS WITHOUT HER CONSENT. ONE OF THE FOUR WOMEN INVOLVED WERE CONVICTED. A CIVIL LAWSUIT WAS THEN FILED IN 2024. TALOS ATTORNEY SAYS SHE CAN FINALLY MOVE ON. SHE’S REALLY GLAD THAT IT’S OVER. SHE’S REALLY GLAD THAT SHE DOESN’T HAVE TO, LIKE, DEFEND HERSELF AND, YOU KNOW, DEAL WITH THIS. ON THE SKEPTICISM THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE, I THINK, HAD THAT, WELL, HOW COULD YOU KNOW? HOW COULD THE LAKE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE ACTUALLY DONE ALL THIS STUFF? WELL, THEY DID, I MEAN, OTHERWISE THEY WOULDN’T BE PAYING THI
Lea County settles lawsuit for $3 million after wrongful termination claim
Lea County agrees to a $3 million settlement after former deputy Karina Tello said she was fired when coworkers shared a nude video of her without her consent
The Board of Lea County Commissioners settled a lawsuit for $3 million after a woman claimed her civil rights were violated and she was wrongfully terminated.Former Lea County deputy Karina Tello said she was fired in 2023 shortly after a nude video of her was sent out by her coworkers without her consent. One of the four women involved was convicted. A civil lawsuit was filed in 2024.Tello’s attorney, Ben Gubernick, said she can finally move on.”She’s really glad that it’s over. She’s really glad that she doesn’t have to defend herself and deal with this skepticism that a lot of people, I think, had that, well, how could, how could the Lea County Sheriff’s Office actually have done all this stuff? Well, they did. I mean, otherwise they wouldn’t be paying this much money,” Gubernick said.We reached out to the county commissioners for comment, but did not get a response.
The Board of Lea County Commissioners settled a lawsuit for $3 million after a woman claimed her civil rights were violated and she was wrongfully terminated.
Former Lea County deputy Karina Tello said she was fired in 2023 shortly after a nude video of her was sent out by her coworkers without her consent. One of the four women involved was convicted. A civil lawsuit was filed in 2024.
Tello’s attorney, Ben Gubernick, said she can finally move on.
“She’s really glad that it’s over. She’s really glad that she doesn’t have to defend herself and deal with this skepticism that a lot of people, I think, had that, well, how could, how could the Lea County Sheriff’s Office actually have done all this stuff? Well, they did. I mean, otherwise they wouldn’t be paying this much money,” Gubernick said.
We reached out to the county commissioners for comment, but did not get a response.
