Katie Brennan amends lawsuit against State of New Jersey and Al Alvarez

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TRENTON (March 20, 2019)–Murphy administration official Katie Brennan, who came forward about her rape last October, amended her lawsuit today in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Mercer County, against the State of New Jersey and the accused, Al Alvarez, to add a claim of defamation against Alvarez and for declaratory judgment for changes to the State’s anti-harassment policy. The amended lawsuit also alleges that confidentiality provisions in the State’s anti-harassment policy violate the Law Against Discrimination’s non-disclosure provisions that were signed into law earlier this week, and that the State has retaliated against Brennan by unilaterally closing her complaint, previously opened by the State’s Office of Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action (“EEO/AA”), in response to her lawsuit. The amended Complaint alleges an additional claim against Alvarez in response to defamatory statements it…

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