LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón's former chief of staff has sued him for retaliation, alleging she was bumped from her post for an inexperienced replacement, the latest in a string of lawsuits filed by subordinates against the progressive prosecutor.
Victoria Adams, an assistant district attorney who has spent more than 35 years working for the office, filed the complaint Thursday, accusing Gascón of demoting her after she questioned a number of his policies and decisions, including the handling of the controversial Hannah Tubbs case.
A holdover from ex-Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey's administration, Adams described herself as the lone person with "management experience" brought into Gascón's inner circle after he was elected in December 2020, according to the suit. But she quickly found herself at odds with many of the progressive prosecutor's other close advisors, a group of former public defenders and allies from his previous post in San Francisco whose promotions and hiring have drawn condemnation from line prosecutors.
