DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The state of Iowa will pay eight men working for the Iowa Department of Revenue just over $1 million to settle their complaints that they were secretly photographed by a male colleague in a restroom and that supervisors didn’t take the matter seriously.
The State Appeal Board voted Monday to settle with the men who will each receive payments ranging from $70,000 to $200,000.
The total state payout comes to $1.01 million.
The state previously settled with three other men who had filed a federal lawsuit for $900,000.
The man who took the photos, Kenneth Kerr, was fired, pleaded guilty to invasion of privacy and sexually motivated stalking and was sentenced to two years of probation.
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