'I felt like I had to stand up for myself': Carryn Barker was the only female member of the San Mateo County Sheriff's SWAT team, and now, she's about to receive what could be a record settlement for a sexual harassment case.
Dan NoyesSan Mateo Co. detective Carryn Barker is speaking for the first time after winning a $8 million sexual harassment suit against the sheriff's office.Carryn Barker was the only female member of the San Mateo County Sheriff's SWAT team, and now, she's about to receive what could be a record settlement for a sexual harassment case -- $8 million. "I felt like I had to stand up for myself," Barker told the I-Team.
Thirty-two-year-old Carryn Barker told me in this exclusive interview that she studied to be a doctor, but she became drawn to law enforcement. Barker said at the time, "And I was trying to hold my breath because it was pretty impossible to breath so I would come back out to take a breath and go back in to look for her.""And that was kind of my, my pinnacle. As soon as I became a deputy, I knew I wanted to be on SWAT.""I now see that it was almost immediate. I think at the time, I was very trying, very hard to block it out. You know, I had worked so hard to get on that team, and it was everything to me.
The I-Team reached Andre Moniot on his cell phone last night; he hung up as soon as Dan Noyes said his name and referred us by text to his lawyer. Jonathan Murphy confirmed he's representing Moniot in a "personnel matter but would not go into detail and would not offer any response to Barker's lawsuit or the settlement. She told us her complaints to the county's HR department went nowhere.
Zak Fraklin tells us he began to press for a higher settlement amount, after he learned that Barker's colleagues on the SWAT team stood up for her and complained about Moniot's behavior. The county denied the allegations but relented.
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