A jury in San Diego Thursday found that a former high-ranking Orange County prosecutor was forced to retire due to harassment from District Attorney Todd Spitzer and his top assistant, Shawn Nelson, now a Superior Court judge.

Tracy Miller sued Orange County, Spitzer and Nelson in a whistleblower retaliation and harassment lawsuit after she retired following 25 years in the office. The jury awarded Miller $3 million in economic damages and later awarded $25,000 to Miller in punitive damages from Spitzer. The jury found that Nelson did not act with malice.

The jury also found that the county failed to stop the harassment.

Miller’s attorneys argued for $330,000 in punitive damages from Spitzer. Miller’s attorney, Bijan Darvish, said it amounted to about 10% of Spitzer’s salary for the eig

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