A lawsuit has been filed by Aileen Robinson against the City of Chicago and Yolanda Talley in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The case, identified as 2024-cv-3329, was lodged on April 25, 2024. Robinson alleges that she has been a victim of harassment, intimidation, and retaliation by the Chicago Police Department where she serves as the assistant director for crime victim services.
Robinson's complaint details a hostile work environment characterized by inappropriate behavior from high-ranking officials within the police department. The lawsuit also mentions an incident where a senior police department official aggressively grabbed Robinson after she complained about these acts. She further alleges that her complaints led to retaliation including a year-long internal affairs investigation into her conduct and a three-week unpaid suspension.
The plaintiff claims that her rights were violated when she was blackballed from other career opportunities, denied basic safety requests, yelled at in public, burdened with increased workload, attempted to be relocated to a storage closet, denied parking privileges among other forms of sabotage aimed at making her work environment unprofessional and unsafe. Robinson is seeking judgment for willful and intentional violations of her statutory and constitutional rights including first amendment retaliation under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, hostile work environment discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. §2000(e) et seq., and retaliation under Title VII.