CHARLESTON, W.Va. –A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of a female Charleston Police Officer against the City of Charleston and three of her male supervisors.

The lawsuit, which was filed in Kanawha County Circuit Court on September 19, is on behalf of Allison Brown. In the lawsuit it alleges sexual harassment and retaliation. The City of Charleston, along with Richard Basford, Eddie Whitehead, and Michael McConihay, are named as defendants.

In the lawsuit, the three supervisors are each named individually with allegations against them. Basford allegedly had reached out to Brown in September 2022 to ask her to participate in a trial period with CPD’s Criminal Investigation Division. Brown accepted and was promoted to a detective two months later. The lawsuit went on to say that Basford al

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