Ramos
Monday, August 9, 2010 – 4:05 pm
An employee in the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s office, who came forward last year revealing she had an 18-month long relationship with District Attorney Mike Ramos after the affair became public, has filed a civil suit against the county and Ramos.
Cheryl Ristow, an investigative technician, resigned from her job this week after more than a year on stress leave. Ristow has previously alleged she was retaliated against after knowledge of her relationship with Ramos was revealed in a local news publication in May 2009.
Ristow has said her employment was placed under scrutiny by her supervisors after she indicated she wouldn’t lie for Ramos.
Ramos has repeatedly denied having any affair with Ristow or any other women under his command.
Sources now say legal documents filed today in San Bernardino County Superior Court clearly label Ramos’ repeated denials as untrue.
Some of the causes of action alleged in the lawsuit include Sexual Harassment, Violations of the Business and Professions Code, Assault and Battery, and Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress.
Ristow is represented by attorney James Reiss of the Rancho Cucamonga-based law firm of Reiss and Johnson.
Developing…….
Why are the members of the BOS not condemning this conduct instead of trying to cover it up? What a pathetic bunch of losers. This is exactly why this occurs all over the county on a daily basis. No one on the Board has stood up and said that “this is just plain wrong”.
The BOS could start by stating that they are not going to defend any elected official who does this sort of thing. The law clearly gives them the right to do so. If instead they agree to defend Ramos, then it means that they see nothing wrong with his lecherous behavior. What happened to Derry? Has someone neutered him?
They are not condemning it because it is just an allegation!. We all know Mikey is not above board but I still find that getting busted at Indian bingo on County time, in a County Car, knowing how weak our HR rules are, is good motive to lie. She should have been canned that day. I am sure she claimed she was not trained on how not to go to the San Manual Buffet! Better witness please.
Good try Unwilling. But the BOS is well aware of the witness interviews that were taken as a part of the so called report. They are also aware of the fact that they contradict the findings in the report and that is why they have not been made public in spite of the fact that they are a public record. Numerous women corroborated the plaintiff in this case. They have been interviewed by a number of people. For some bizarre reason the plaintiff’s attorney has chosen not to protect his client by offering this corroboration leaving her out there in a he said/she said situation when that is clearly not the case. The plaintiff is not the elected District Attorney of San Bernardino County. Her conduct is not really of public concern. That is a personnel matter. His conduct is very much of public concern. The board needs to come clean on what they know. Each one is now a witness. What did they know and when did they know it.
BOS and CAO staff are running from this as fast as they can.
Depositions in this case will be interesting. Any wagers on Ramos evading being deposed?
Tic..Tic…
Funny, but unless the BOS saw him do something, which many did in Lake Arrowhead, they can’t testify to anything. And DA insider knows better than to state who is a witness. If he is a DA insider, he has more information than the BOS.
Did she save the blue dress?
Ramos is a disaster.
In pretty much all the City-County Conferences in Lake Arrowhead Ramos was a complete mess.
More like a dog in heat.
Whether it was Doreen Boxer, chasing after Stringer, Aleman’s then girlfriend, and others, he was out of control.
What an embarassing day for his department.
@ 5th Floor Observer: “BOS and CAO staff are running from this as fast as they can. Depositions in this case will be interesting. Any wagers on Ramos evading being deposed? Tic..Tic…”
You give yourself away Erwin with that “tic tic” and “tic toc” business. It’s become a part of your corruption lingo.
What happened to the half dozen “other” women in the DA’s office who were coming forward with their lurid tales of sexual impropriety in Mikeyland? Reading the stories on the blogs and on The Sun site. Where dey at? Looks like the same ole shit, different day BS.
My oh my. Good luck! There’s a lot of mud sticking to the wall on this one – too bad it’s on the plaintiff and not the defendant. Heh heh! This woman will be crucified worse than Christ on the Cross if she takes this thing to trial.
“Come On”, the BOS will be witnesses in the damages phase regarding the intentional cover-up. They all knew about Mike and his sexual problems. They chose to ignore it and send out a report that they knew is fraudulent. They knew that report was aimed at undermining the credibility of the plaintiff when they knew she was telling the truth about the affair. That is why they are just as responsible as Ramos. The county’s handling of this is what’s going to make this a good case for the plaintiff. The county could have taken action against Ramos and chose not to.
I agree with DA Insider. It was the cover up that did in Richard Nixon. And remember that Clinton made the same kind of denials. He was lying of course and eventually he had to give up his law license as a result. The DA should have come clean and asked for mercy. Now it is too late. He will pay for that error and so will all of those that knew about it just like Tricky Dicky and his people. You can’t have a President or a DA that lie.
I think it is irresponsible for Mike to have sex with employees on or off the county time clock. He subjects the County to liability having to defend the inevitable lawsuits. In addition, the morale of the office plummets as the Staff concentrate on the latest “drama” instead of concentrating on prosecuting cases. Then as people take positions on the propriety of his actions, retaliation occurs against those expressing an opinion. I voted for Mike, but I wish I hadn’t.
Insider, The Iron was pretty hot last election and no one bothered to strike! It was the perfect time to offer up any, non-inebriated, relatively competent, semi hardworking, challenger; and Mikey’s biggest opponents (friends of Stout?) failed miserably. Now we trump up some allegations from Bozo the Clown’s mistress about a prolonged bout of sexually inappropriate dalliances. You could end everyone’s consternation about this case if you could just get a picture of a “Plumpers” porno mag in Mike’s desk drawer or trunk. I am embarrassed by Mikey as much as the next guy but this case makes all other valid cases questionable.