Two central witnesses said they would substantiate allegations of a romantic relationship between two high-ranking Baltimore County officials, according to new court records in a federal discrimination lawsuit filed by their former employee.
The March 20 filings support the claims of Miriam Grice, who said she was fired from her county job after interrupting Administrative Officer Fred Homan ? the county?s highest-ranking, nonelected employee ? in an “inopportune encounter” with Suzanne Berger, an assistant county attorney. Mike Comeau, a former assistant county attorney who shared an office suite with Berger, and Jane Daugherty, a former secretary in that office, intend to testify there was a relationship between Homan and Berger, and can provide written evidence, according to the documents.
