‘Super mayor’ Tiffany Henyard faces yet another lawsuit amid ongoing federal investigations
Dolton, Illinois,&nbź¦sp;Mayor Tiffany Henyard was served with another lawsuit on Thursday after a former employee claimed he was wrongfully terminated.
Former Maintenance Manager Dwayne Thrash alleged that he refused to help Henyard and her assistant Keith Freeman fire another employee, FOX 32 reported. Soon after, Thrash said he was accused of workplace violations that occurred whšile he was on vacation and was fired.
“Ever since Henyard became Mayor of the Village of Dolton and Supervisor of Thornton Township, she and her closest allies within the Village of Dolton and Thornton Township, including Freeman, have terminated the employment of several individuals they feel pose a political threat to Henyard and her public image, and/or who run afoul of Henyard and/or Freeman by defying their wishes,” the lawsuit read.
Thrļ·½ash alleged in his complaint that in 2023, Henyard and Freeman asked him to help fire Thornton Township Trustees of Schoolsā šattorney Sarie E. Winner and replace her with Del Galdo Law Group LLC, Freemanās preferred law firm.
Thrash refused and didn’t attend the special meeting that would make the change, according to the suit. Because he did not help with her “schemes and conspiracies,” the alleged plan failed.
“In response thereto, Thrash told Henyard and Freeman something to the effect of āyou want to fire everyone in the office and Iām not going to go along with that,ā” the lawsuit read.
After taking a scheduled vacation, Thrash was informed that he was being terminated effective immediately for misconduct and insubordination, according to his complaint. The notice of termination stated that he failed to “punch in and out appropriately” and was disciplined for “insubordination and unsatisfactory work performance,” despite it being vacation time when both infractions occurred.
The lawsāuit alleged others were also fired for failing to folloź¦w Henyard or Freeman.
Thrash is requesting that three allegedly false write-ups be expunged from his record along wź¦ith statutory and coā¤mpensatory damages for his termination.
Fox News Digital reached out to Henyardās office for aš¬ comment.
Henyard, the self-proclaimed “super mayor” of a small town south of Chicago, has made national headlines over ongoing probes into her spending. In addition to two federal investigations against her, Henyard also faces another lawsuit from a former employee alleging she was forced to work from her car and was eventually fired.
“People have really been damaged by this administration,” former Thornton Township Human Resources manager Sandra Tracy told Fox News program “Americaās Newsroom.” “My personal situation is that I was trying very hard to get paid, and I couldnāt get anybody to respond to me ā not to call, text or email.”
Fox News. Joseph A. Wulfsohn contributed to this report.