Longmont hires law firm to investigate alleged harassment of female City Council members

The Denver office of a national law firm is investigating accusations that male Longmont City Council members have harassed female council members.

Details about the nature of the alleged harassment — and about who is alleged of having harassed whom — were not immediately available on Tuesday night.

A review of recent emails to and from council members, however, showed a Thursday email to Councilwoman Joan Peck from attorney Laurie Rust, who wrote Peck that "the city of Longmont has engaged Gordon & Rees Scully Mansukhani," Rust's firm, "to conduct an impartial, thorough, and prompt inquiry regarding allegations of harassment against female city council members by male city council members."

Rust wrote that she wanted to interview Peck as part of that investigation.

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