Prof. Befort Quoted in Associated Press Article on Discrimination Case Involving Minnesota Senate Aide

Professor Stephen Befort was quoted in an Associated Press article commenting on the sex discrimination lawsuit filed by fired Minnesota Senate Aide Michael Brodkorb. The article was prompted by the allegation that some female legislative staffers in the past had engaged in extra-marital affairs with Minnesota legislators, but had not suffered the same fate as Brodkorb in terms of losing his job. Befort explained that Brodkorb could find a discrimination claim more difficult to make if the other examples vary widely from the lead-up to his own firing. Befort stated, "the closer you are both in time and circumstances, the stronger the discrimination claim."