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Former Utah County commissioner sues colleagues over sexual harassment claim

This article originally appeared on KSL.com. Read it in its entirety here. PROVO — A former Utah County commissioner is suing the onetime employee who he says falsely accused him of sexual harassment, along with the county leaders who publicly released the allegation in 2017. Greg Graves alleges his fellow commissioners sought to damage his reputation when

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#BelieveSurvivors

I was going to tell you my sexual assault story. But I can’t. It’s not that I can’t bring myself to tell it. IT’S THAT I DON’T HAVE ONE. I’ve got nothing, nada, zip. No one has ever made me feel uncomfortable, made a suggestion that made me wince, used their power over me, and

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Utah’s #MeToo Moment

He called me into his office to discuss something unimportant. My boss, the owner of the small business where I worked at the front desk, would regularly hold meetings in his small office. I walked in; he stood next to me with his hand on the doorknob and closed the door behind me. As he

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Another group calls for resignation of Commissioner Greg Graves

The group Alliance for a Better Utah is calling for the resignation of County Commissioner Greg Graves. During a meeting of the Utah County Commission Tuesday, they delivered a petition with over 300 signatures calling for his resignation. Graves, who was not at the meeting, is facing accusations of harassment in the workplace. The organization says his

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17 state lawmakers: ‘All confidence lost’ in Utah County leader

Source: Deseret News, KSL Most of Utah County’s state lawmakers are calling on embattled Utah County Commissioner Greg Graves to resign. The all-Republican group has grown significantly since Tuesday, when four of the lawmakers said they would sign a letter urging the commissioner to step down immediately. The letter is signed by 17 of 22 legislators whose

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Petition demanding Commissioner Graves resign delivered to Utah County

Source: KSL, Deseret News The group Alliance for a Better Utah hand-delivered a petition to the Utah County Commission Tuesday morning with more than 300 signatures asking embattled Commissioner Greg Graves to resign. Graves did not attend the meeting. Allegations that Graves sexually harassed an employee and is widely viewed as a workplace bully with explosive and

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Hundreds sign petition asking Greg Graves to resign

The Alliance for a Better Utah delivered a petition to the Utah County Commission Tuesday morning asking embattled Utah County Commissioner Greg Graves to resign from his office. Graves came into the spotlight about two weeks ago when his fellow commissioners released documents detailing a sexual harassment complaint filed against Graves and a subsequent investigation into the issue.

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‘Not What Utah Stands For’ – Group plans to deliver petition asking for Utah County Commissioner’s resignation.

The calls for Utah County Commissioner Greg Graves to resign continue to build. During Tuesday morning’s commission meeting, the advocacy group Alliance for a Better Utah plans to deliver its petition of nearly 350 signatures asking for Graves to step down. Calls for Graves’ resignation came after the release of a complaint by Utah County in early

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