Ousted Librarian Sues Campbell County After Pride Month, Books Controversies
Campbell County’s former public library director on Monday sued the county and six county leaders and employees – adding a second lawsuit to the 2024 action in which she accused a local family of waging a discriminatory hate campaign against her.
Filed Monday in the federal U.S. District Court of Wyoming, former Campbell County Public Library System director Terri Lesley’s new lawsuit is against the county, its board of commissioners, its library board, and six people in their individual capacities.
Those six are:
- Former Campbell County Commission Chair Del Shelstad
- Former Campbell County Commission Chair Colleen Faber
- Library Board member Sage Bear
- Library Board member Charles Butler
- Library Board member Chelsie Collier,
- And former Library Board member Darcie Lyon.
Lesley’s complaint, submitted via her attorneys Qusair Mohamedbhai, Iris Halpern, Azra Taslimi and Stephanie Wise, accuses the county boards of violating federal employment discrimination laws. It claims the county and all the individuals listed retaliated against Lesley for her alliance with LGBTQ causes and for voicing protected free speech and favored Christianity in their governance.
The complaint claims the individuals sued essentially bullied Lesley, cheating her of equal treatment, for her LGBTQ advocacy.
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