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A female clerk who was fired from her job at a prosecutor's office in a rural Missouri county says her boss propositioned her for sex, told her to ‘show me your t***,' brandished an x-ray image of his penis, and gave raises to other women employees who were heard having sex with him at work. Lisa Davidson has filed a lawsuit against her former employee, St. Francois County, after she says she was terminated from her job after 18 years because she complained of sexual harassment. Davidson says her supervisor, Jerrod Mahurin, the now-former prosecuting attorney of St. Francois County, ran a wild office with a frat-house atmosphere after taking over the job in 2011. She alleges in a lawsuit filed last Wednesday that Mahurin harassed her as well as other staff members. Mahurin, a Democrat who was voted out of office in 2018, has denied the allegations, saying they have ‘no basis in fact.' Davidson says that on one occasion in 2014, Mahurin told her: ‘Show me your t***.' Jerrod Mahurin, the former prosecuting attorney of St. Francois County, Missouri, is alleged to have fired a female employee who filed a complaint against him for sexual harassment She refused, according to the lawsuit. In the spring of 2015, Mahurin and Davidson took a trip to the Missouri Prosecutor Services convention, which required an overnight stay at a hotel in the Lake of the Ozarks. During that trip, Davidson alleges that Mahurin told her to leave the door connecting their hotel rooms unlocked so that he could enter her room in the middle of the night. Davidson ‘rebuffed Mr. Mahurin's advances and locked the door,' according to the lawsuit. In October 2015, Mahurin allegedly showed Davidson a photo on his cell phone. Initially, Davidson did not recognize the x-ray image. But on closer examination, it turned out to be a photo of male genitalia, according to the lawsuit. Maharin allegedly laughed at Davidson as she realized what the photo depicted. Davidson ‘was embarrassed and walked away,' according to the lawsuit. The lawsuit describes another alleged incident in 2016, when Davidson and her work colleagues went to a local bar to celebrate the outcome of a trial. RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next At least three dead and dozens injured in 100-vehicle pileup... Experts say you MUST stop touching your face to curb the... Share this article Share Mahurin, who was also at the bar, is alleged to have asked Davidson if she ever had a threesome - all in full view of her colleagues. Davidson ‘told Mr. Mahurin no and felt so uncomfortable she left the table,' according to the suit. ‘He wanted to know if I'd ever had a threesome,' Davidson told Riverfront Times. ‘And then he asked me about my little hands. He put his hand up to mine, and told me how little and pretty my hands were.' She says she excused herself for a cigarette and then went home. ‘It was just so creepy,' she said. ‘It threw me for a loop.' Davidson also alleges that Mahurin ‘made comments about him being good in bed, having a big c***.' ‘He once made a comment [that] he was good and that there's no complaints.' The lawsuit also alleges that in June 2018, Davidson saw female co-workers hand-feed Mahurin s'mores in one of the common areas of the office. Mahurin then asked Davidson to feed him one, according to the lawsuit. She declined, and left the area. The lawsuit also alleges that Mahurin showed favoritism and gave raises and additional work benefits to female employees who consented to having sex with him. In 2012, one female employee is said to have lifted up her shirt and showed the entire office her new breast implants. The employee is then alleged to have told Davidson that she wore low cut tops in the office because she ‘got more' from Mahurin when she ‘showed more.' In 2017, Davidson alleges that she saw the employee go into Mahurin's office and shut the door. She then claims she ‘overheard moaning and thumping coming from the office.' Shortly afterward, Davidson says that the woman told her that she received a $7,500 raise. Another female employee allegedly told Davidson that Mahurin sent photos of his penis to Henson's cellphone between 2015 and 2016. According to the lawsuit, this female told Davidson that Mahurin told Henson to show him her ‘T and A' to receive a week of paid time off. The lawsuit also alleges that Mahurin drank with other female employees during work hours. The women were said to have ‘regularly brought small bottles of liquor into work' and ‘made mixed drinks with soda or juice from the vending machine.' Mahurin, who allegedly drank with the women, jokingly referred to ‘Thirsty Thursday' and ‘Fiesta Friday.' Davidson also alleges that Mahurin allowed other female employees to smoke pot in the office. She claims that the other women who indulged Mahurin's jokes and lewd comments received raises, but she did not because she refused his advances. One of the women was eventually promoted to a position in which she assumed many of Davidson's duties, according to the lawsuit. She then ‘locked [Davidson] out of computer programs and software and prevented [Davidson] from issuing subpoenas.' In March 2018, Davidson filed a complaint with the Missouri Commission on Human Rights. She alleges that the woman and Mahurin became aware of the complaint shortly afterward. Weeks later, she was fired. Davidson alleges that in January 2019, she was offered her old job back by Mahurin's successor, Melissa Gilliam, ‘on the condition that she opt not to sue St. Francois County. Davidson refused to drop the lawsuit. She was denied the position. Mahurin has denied allegations made by Lisa Davidson, who says he frequently made lewd comments and gave pay raises to female employees who slept with him ‘These accusations made by Mrs. Davidson started after she had a private meeting with Melissa Gilliam,' Mahurin told Daily Journal Online. ‘I can verify that because there was an ongoing trial and I was out of the office. ‘She had a private meeting in her office with Melissa Gilliam during the election and, shortly after this, I am hit with an accusation that has no merit; Has no truth; Has no basis in fact. ‘I'm not sure where this comes from. The stuff that she's listed in this [petition] is fictitious and it is outrageous. ‘Again, this is someone who is clearly just trying to antagonize me years after the fact. ‘I would assume it's because I was recently appointed to a local city prosecutor's job. ‘I'm sure she's found out about that and this is another attack.' Mahurin said other female employees came to his defense when allegations against him were made in the past. 'As a matter of fact, during the time that a St. Louis newspaper wrote these original allegations, every woman in my office called the newspaper and expressed that these things were not true; That they were made up and this was somebody who is trying to hurt me during an election,' he said.  Mahurin accused Davidson of politically motivated attacks against him. 'Mrs. Davidson was reprimanded several times,' said Mahurin.  'One incident, about the time that I took over as the prosecutor, she hung a giant stuffed penis in one of the attorney's offices and I had to reprimand her for that.'  Mahurin alleges that Davidson wore suggestive outfits to work, including a sweater that had a 'box on with a fake penis inside.' 'She also wore a shirt that had carrots where her breasts would be, in the office and I had to instruct her not to have any contact with the public while she was wearing that, and to never wear that again,' he said.  'So, this is retaliatory because she was fired and, again, has no basis in fact and just completely fictitious.'  Read more: dailyjournalonli... Ex-Prosecutor Sued for Harassment Invokes 'Carrot Boob Sweater' Defense | News Blog If you have any concerns concerning where and how to use vending machine for sale, you can call us at the website.
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