The State - News from Oct. 23, 1986

A former office manager for California Republican Party executive Russ Oertel sued him for $3 million, claiming that she was fired Feb. 21 because she resisted his sexual advances. In her action, filed in Sacramento Superior Court, S. Renee Koon said her work appeared to be acceptable to Oertel until Feb. 1, when she resisted his advances after accepting an invitation to his home for a glass of wine. The next day, she said, Oertel began to find fault with her work. She said he advised her to look for another job on Feb. 4 and fired her 17 days later. The California Republican Party, she added, refused to act on a complaint that she made after being terminated.