Jefferson Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng has filed a temporary restraining order against a firefighter with the East Bank Consolidated Fire Department for comments he made about her at a Jefferson Parish Council meeting, court records show.

Lee Sheng filed a petition for a temporary restraining order against Stephen Orkus Jr. on Wednesday, hours after the council meeting adjourned, the petition shows. The filing is the latest escalation in a heated dispute taking place between Lee Sheng's administration, the council and the firefighters union over pay.

In her complaint, which accuses Orkus of stalking, Lee Sheng referenced a comment Orkus made during the meeting in which he named a place where she frequents on the weekends.

"We have our eyes and ears all over the place," Orkus to

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