SACRAMENTO, Calif. —

California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas is facing accusations that he retaliated against his former press secretary by stripping her of her duties and eventually firing her after she reported allegations of his illegal and unethical political conduct with his brother, Rick Rivas, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.

Cynthia Moreno, Rivas' former press secretary, filed the lawsuit in Sacramento County against the Rivas brothers and the California Assembly. KCRA 3 was the first to obtain and report the court filings on Tuesday night.

It comes weeks after Moreno was abruptly fired last month after being accused of sexual harassment . She had served as his press secretary since 2023. In a rare move, Rivas' Assembly Rules Committee released heavily redacted records s

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