St. Paul police chief sues mayor, city for sexual harassment, retaliation

ST. PAUL — St. Paul Police Chief Axel Henry is suing Mayor Kaohly Her and the City of St. Paul for sexual harassment, claiming she repeatedly put her hand on his thigh in meetings, drove to Woodbury to surprise him at a golf simulator while he was on vacation, and told him her marriage was in trouble and that they had to be friends or this was not going to work. St. Paul Police Chief Axel Henry Claudia Staut / Pioneer Press During a bar meeting where the mayor allegedly drank THC-infused drinks, she allegedly told the chief he needed to be her friend or just a colleague or go, which he interpreted to mean resign. Filed in Ramsey County District Court, the police chief s 73-page civil complaint alleges that the mayor made frequent jokes and comments of a sexual nature to both Henry and his officers, hung sexualized images of Henry and other officers in a gold frame in his office and made orgasm-like noises in front of his officers at the gym, among other ina