SPOKANE — A Spokane-area car dealership has admitted to the state’s allegations of a pattern of sexual harassment by its former owner and will pay $280,000.
The deal was announced Wednesday by Attorney General Bob Ferguson
Two companies that jointly do business as Greenacres Motors agreed to pay fines and penalties totaling $280,000. The businesses will also adopt a non-discrimination policy and give all their employees anti-discrimination training.
The dealerships’ current owner is in bankruptcy, so the actual amount victims and the state will receive is uncertain.
The former owner, Monte Masingale, died last July.
Masingale frequently posted help-wanted ads for a secretary in newspapers and on websites. The state said Magingale sexually harassed women who applied.
