Fire department employee shared his female co-workers’ nude photos, US lawsuit says

In June 2017, a male employee of the fire department received a Facebook message from an anonymous person requesting a nude photo of another employee, according to the complaint. — Unsplash

The Baltimore County Fire Department settled a sexual harassment lawsuit that says it failed to adequately respond to reports that a male employee distributed inappropriate photos of female employees, federal officials said.

The county will pay US$275,000 “to compensate female employees that were harmed by the harassment,” the Department of Justice said in a Sept 5 news release.