The union representing Broward Sheriff’s deputies was ordered to pay $3 million to a former employee who accused their former treasurer of drugging and sexually assaulting her during a business trip to Las Vegas four years ago, with the accused ex-official ordered to pay an additional $1 million.

The jury’s verdict came Wednesday after three hours of deliberation — the trial itself lasted several days stretched out over a month before Broward Circuit Judge Keathan Frink. Former Deputy Frank Voudy’s attorney conceded to jurors that he was a bad husband when he had sex with the plaintiff during their Las Vegas trip in May 2021, which was on official union business. But their sexual encounter was consensual, Voudy insisted.

A photo taken by Voudy suggested otherwise. The woman appeared nake

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