Investigation results: DeKalb commissioner sexually harassed assistant
Audio recordings and text messages validate allegations that DeKalb County Commissioner Greg Adams sexually harassed an assistant, according to an investigative report prepared for the county.
The report said Adams called his assistant "sexy, beautiful and intelligent," sent her a late-night text message inviting himself to her room, and repeatedly asked for pictures of her in a bikini.
The assistant, former District Director Ashlee Wright, is seeking a $750,000 settlement from the county.
Adams says he never sexually harassed Wright and his words were taken out of context.
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Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.
