State to pay $600K over psychologist's harassment at Monroe prison
MONROE — The state Department of Corrections has agreed to pay $600,000 to a woman who alleged sexual harassment by a Monroe prison psychologist while she worked there as an intern, her attorney said.
The lawsuit brought by Tressa Grummer against the state DOC and Robert Carsrud was set to go to trial in U.S. District Court in Seattle this month. On Jan. 10, the case was dismissed due to the settlement.
In an email, a Corrections spokesperson declined to comment, but confirmed the settlement amount. The agreement is not an admission of wrongdoing, one of the plaintiff’s attorneys, Michael Subit, told The Daily Herald.
From 2014 to 2018, while getting her doctorate in psychology at Northwest University, Grummer worked as an unpaid intern at the Monroe Correctional Complex, according to court documents. At the prison, she provided therapy to incarcerated men.
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