Seattle to pay $2.3M to whistleblowers over ex-mayor Durkan’s 2020 deleted texts

The $2.3 million payout is in addition to nearly $800,000 spent by the city to defend the case.

The city of Seattle will pay $2.3 million to settle a lawsuit brought by employees who helped reveal that thousands of then-Mayor Jenny Durkan’s text messages had been deleted in 2020 amid protests over George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police.

The terms of the city’s settlement with Stacy Irwin and Kimberly Ferreiro were finalized this week and released to The Seattle Times through a public disclosure request Friday, the newspaper  today! 

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