Former officer sues current employee

Dal Rae Beach filed a lawsuit in Jefferson Circuit Court against the assistant special agent in charge of the FBI’s Louisville office, Quincy Barnett, accusing him of sexual harassment and retaliation. A civil summons was sent to the suspects on Monday.

According to court records, Beach helped Barnett secure his current job at the FBI Louisville Field Office after being asked for a recommendation by the special agent in charge, James Robert Brown. When Beach received her assignment in January 2020, she noticed a “lack of diversity in management,” so she recommended Barnett, an African-American man who works in the FBI office in Oklahoma.

The lawsuit alleges that after Barnett arrived in Louisville, “relentless sexual harassment” began “immediately,” according to court records. Beach said he would call her after hours, force hugs between them, suggest sexual relations between Beach and her married employees and call her “baby girl.”